Post by Pincho Paxton on Jul 6, 2015 20:16:29 GMT
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Surfing a wake of light
Pincho says...
That's not the complete physics, you are describing bonded physics, or partially bonded physics, there is another wake that has a magnetic propagation of holes, and we call it a Bow Shock. Light needs a bow shock to propagate, so the bow shock travels ahead of light, but it could be the same speed, just out of sync with light propagation. Anyway that light propagation also looks like a wake, but it has the opposite physics to the surrounding material.
Pincho Paxton
Surfing a wake of light
Wakes can exist wherever there are waves, even if those waves are light. While nothing travels faster than the speed of light in a vacuum, light isn't always in a vacuum. It is possible for something to move faster than the phase velocity of light in a medium or material and generate a wake. The most famous example of this is Cherenkov radiation, wakes produced as electrical charges travel through liquids faster than the phase velocity of light, emitting a glowing blue wake.
Pincho says...
That's not the complete physics, you are describing bonded physics, or partially bonded physics, there is another wake that has a magnetic propagation of holes, and we call it a Bow Shock. Light needs a bow shock to propagate, so the bow shock travels ahead of light, but it could be the same speed, just out of sync with light propagation. Anyway that light propagation also looks like a wake, but it has the opposite physics to the surrounding material.
Pincho Paxton