sci.physics.electromag

"Randy Poe" wrote in message
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| On Mar 30, 2:21 pm, Ralph Hertle wrote:
| > You can't prove that the photon is not a discrete existent and that the
| > appropriate experiments are not possible.
| >
| > What facts exist that indicate that the photon actually exists?
|
| Thousands of experiments. Off the top of my head:
|
| Direct evidence:
|
| Single-photon diffraction experiments, single-photon *anything*
| experiments.
|
| Indirect evidence: blackbody radiation and the photoelectric
| effect, which are inconsistent with un-quantized light. Why
| is there a minimum frequency for the photoelectric electrons
| to be emitted?
|
|
| >
| > The photon science should start from the basic facts.
|
| Single photons are routinely detected in experiments all
| the time.

Which is why their speed is directly proportional to wavelength -
red and blue shift is routinely observed and Einstein's
crackpottery is not routinely observed or ever observed.