Re: [OT] RE: Actual Warp Drive Theory

> A photon is actually an electron/anti-electron pair.

Hmm, let's see. An electron has a mass of 9.1x10^-31 kg. Same for a 
positron (proper name for an anti-electron). So the total energy of 
the mass of an electron/positron pair is given by E=mc^2 and is 
1.638x10^-13 J

Now, the energy of a photon is given by planck's constant x 
frequency. Planck's constant is 6.626x10^-34. So the minimum energy a 
frequency a photon could have to have the equivalent energy of an 
electron/positron pair is 2.47x10^20 Hz. Which is well into the gamma 
ray range.

So, how is it possible that all photons are electron/positron pairs 
when photons typically have much lower energies than the minimum 
energy of such a pair?

This also links into another part of this thread: photon-photon 
collisions can create particle/anti-particle pairs. Two photons of 
frequency 1.23x10^-20 Hz or greater have enough energy to create 
electron/positron pairs.

	Steve

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