Paul Howard Riley

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Does an electron emit EM radiation when it accelerates or when its energy changes?

Motion in a straight line (non-relativistic) is F = ma, the force changes the velocity and therefore increases the energy E = 1/2mv2. For motion in a circle, the centrifugal (centripetal if you...

06 April 2016 4,586 6 View

Are there any researchers looking at non-wave theories, in particular particle descriptions of quantum effects?

I am particularly interested in liaising with people that are looking at quantum effects by looking at particle (say photon) interactions only, without resorting to wave behaviour. For example,...

18 March 2016 6,988 69 View

Why do black holes increase in size when observed from earth?

Relativity tells us that a particle observed well outside the gravitational field takes an almost infinite time to drop into the black hole. Whereas if one could ride a particle it would fall in...

23 February 2016 1,126 14 View