Murthy's Reality of the Duality: Photon and light wave are not just part of the duality

Murthy's Reality of the Duality: 

Photon and light wave are not just part of the duality

KRS Murthy

I have given a different explanation to show that the current understanding of the wave-particle duality is false.

Great scientists and physics enthusiasts alike use the words photon and light as if they are same, and that is part of the wave - particle duality. I will clarify with my realistic perspectives. I will even challenge the current understanding of the wave - particle duality and the very nature of light. I will also postulate the nature of particles, especially elementary or fundamental particles, different states and types of matter, energy and the nature of the electromagnetic wave.

I will be using the word "photon" to the particle and the particle nature of the proton. I will be using the word "light" to refer to the electromagnetic wave, and the electromagnetic nature of light. I will explain why light as an electromagnetic wave is very different from the photon, which is a particle.

Photon is an elementary particle, which has a speed of travel less than that of the electromagnetic wave that is light. When a photon is released from an atom, which happens when one of the electrons of the atom in an exited state returns to its normal state, with the photon quanta is the difference of the energy of the electron in the exited state to its normal state. The photon released from the electron is ejected with that quantum of energy. One the photon is released it will be a photon, and once it reaches the speed of light, it "becomes" an electromagnetic wave, and ceases to be a photon, which is a magical transformation. Till the photon released from the electron of the atom becomes light wave, it would have remained a particle, even though for a very short time. This transformation is a magical metamorphic one from a particle to a wave. Photon does not have any charge and only very little mass. Upon this magic transformation, the particle would cease to exist, with an electromagnetic wave born. The mass disappears, at the same instant of time of this metamorphic transformation, while an electromagnetic wave is born. It is very important to note that the photon does not have any charge and no electromagnetic property. The disappearance of the mass of the photon, as a particle, even though very small, is vital for the wave to have the speed.

Let us now look at the reverse metamorphic transformation of the light wave to become a photon. When a light wave comes under the influence of an electron in an atom, as in the example of a photo electric effect or photo voltaic (PV) effectature, the light wave which has the electromagnetic property and no mass comes into the influence of electric charge of the electron. The electron in motion and orbiting the nucleus, with its negative electric charge, also has magnetic momentum and spin. The electromagnetic wave of light and the electric and magnetic properties of the electron interact with each other, with electric and magnetic mutual influence and interaction. This interaction renders the light wave to a metamorphic transformation, of loss of energy quantum that simultaneously adds to the energy of the receiving electron which would be enough to dislodge the electron from its orbit around the nucleus.

The metamorphic transformation of the photon to an electromagnetic wave of light in only one example of this behavior of transformation from matter to energy. Any fundamental particle in nature, not limited to photon, when it reaches the speed of light, "becomes" light. I am using the word "becomes" to allude to the metamorphic transformation of matter to energy. This transformation is routinely observable in the nature between photon particle, which is a matter, to the electromagnetic light wave. Other particles have significantly more mass making it an uncommon observation in the nature. Using modern accelerators, one could conceive of approaching the speed of light for other fundamental particles.

Once the photon metamorphic transformation to the electromagnetic wave of light happens, as the mass disappears, further acceleration to speeds faster that light is impossible. It is important to note that only mass can be accelerated. Mass is the property of only matter, including the elementary particles. Lightwave is NOT matter making it impossible to accelerate it anymore. That is the reason the speed of light is the limit. Please note that I have given a different explanation for the speed limit, that of the lightwave, in the nature.

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