Testing a Mechanical Behavior of Light
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | Testing a Mechanical Behavior of Light |
| Read in full | Link to paper |
| Author(s) | Luiz Eduardo Azambuja Sauerbronn |
| Keywords | Rigid Bodies, Collisions, Diffraction, Fresnel, Light, Laser |
| Published | 2012 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the NPA |
| Volume | 9 |
| No. of pages | 7 |
| Pages | 503-509 |
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Abstract
We model photons as being rigid bodies. Based only on Newtonian mechanics, we reproduce numerically the Fresnel Diffraction Experiment. In this way, a large number of rigid bodies are thrown against a single slit. The rigid bodies used are spherical and their center of mass and centroid are not coincident. Thus, each rigid body describes a cycloid (presenting amplitude, frequency and phase - as well as the DeBroglie wave). The numerical results indicate a wave pattern relatively similar to those achieved by experimental results. Different apertures and depths of the slit were tested.