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  2. From: mcirvin@husc10.harvard.edu (Mcirvin)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.physics
  4. Subject: Re: Defining Photons
  5. Keywords: Relating photons E=MC^2 criticism
  6. Message-ID: <mcirvin.712335342@husc10>
  7. Date: 28 Jul 92 14:55:42 GMT
  8. References: <3942@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us> <24910@dog.ee.lbl.gov>   
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  14. dwr2560@zeus.tamu.edu (RING, DAVID WAYNE) writes:
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  16. >So now I think the thing which makes the photon classically 'different' from
  17. >other particles is that it's a neutral boson. Like helium. Hmmm... 
  18.  
  19. Or hydrogen, for that matter.  A professor in my department   
  20. has discussed the possibility of doing "optics" with atoms.  I
  21. don't know how close it is to being feasible.
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  24. Matt McIrvin  mcirvin@husc.harvard.edu 
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