Re: [OT] RE: Actual Warp Drive Theory

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

[snip maths]

> > 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?
> 
> Because that is not really the case. Photons "are" distinct particles
> and not e+e- pairs. 

I know that, I was proving that the previous statement was wrong.

> However, high-energy-photons - as you calculated
> above, I didn't check the numbers - can be converted into
> electron-positron pairs when interacting with matter or other photons.

I didn't check the numbers either. But they seem right. Working with 
these silly units is a drag. But I thought that using eV and so on 
might confuse some people. If anyone is still reading this thread at 
all ;-)

	Steve

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