I. Chavdarovski

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What happens to the momentum of the photon during diffraction?

The Huygens–Fresnel principle has every point on a wavefront become the source of spherical waves, and different points mutually interfere, and they sum to a new wavefront. This seems to conserve...

04 June 2021 5,592 5 View

What kind of detector is used in the double slit experiment to determine through which slit the photon or electron passes?

Explain exactly what the detector does and if the choice of detector affects the outcome. Einstein and Bohr had some discussions on this. What's the current situation?

30 December 2020 2,290 5 View

Can photons curve the spacetime and how would you measure this effect?

Mass bends spacetime. It's generally accepted that the photons have no mass, but they do have momentum and energy and can cause pressure, so they have equivalent mass of p/c. The...

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Have Genetic Algorithms ever been used for solving any problem in Evolutionary Biology, and if so, can you give examples?

Genetic Algorithms use Darwinian principles to solve mathematical (programming) problems. Are they actually useful in obtaining knowledge in the opposite direction, i.e, in Evolutionary Biology.

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