Tea Time Conversations
- Soniya
- Jul 13, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 16, 2020
"Does visible light interact with a slow moving electron?"
"If it does, then is the interaction identical to that of a fast moving electron?"
"Is it even possible to generate a slow moving electron?"
These were some questions which were thrown on WhatsApp group by one of my friends.
Maybe such questions are already being addressed by researchers in this field and have a legitimate answer to these.
It's a 'maybe' because I found myself too lazy to actually go through the literature.
But still we kept ourselves engaged in discussing the various possibilities to answer those problems raised above.
When the discussion was over, I was entangled in thoughts (it's not the quantum entanglement of course).
Below points would just brief the train of thoughts that I had
● We used to have a lot of discussions, you know actual "conversations", with my friends and colleagues over tea.
● That was the time when cellphones were lying silent on tables and were not in our hands.
● Topics of discussion were eerie and comic, scientific and spiritual.
● And now, I am just left with an apprehension, how those tea time conversations were like. But don't exactly remember what were the discussions about.
I guess this is the first time I'm sharing something so publicly. But Hey! There's always a first time for everything.
And the specific reason to write all this is to express gratitude to all those who have helped in my personal growth as a person through these tea time conversations. And I highly appreciate those moments when I look back in time.
Doesn't matter if I just don't remember everything. But the aroma of those tea time conversations would always stay.
And while thanking, I got occupied with one more thought. Whether it was the tea that was making the conversations beautiful or were these the conversations which were helping in gulping down that awful canteen tea.
Just a thought!
@nidhi020191: I agree. We have indeed learnt a lot during those discussions.
@bikramjit101: That's so nice of you to share that article. We discussed the following about the problems mentioned in the blog
light and electron both would interact but the nature of interaction might vary with the velocity of the electron. We observe doppler broadening in spectroscopy.
photoelectric effect under cryoscopic conditions and vacuum might be the answer to capture an electron. We didn't think of transition point though.
As per the article also at about -100 Fahrenheit at the transition point a surprising phenomenon of slowing down of electrons was observed. They also have shared practical applications.
I am still a knowledge seeker and would like to avoid any debate.
PS: Moyuri might serve you a hot cup of tea…
"One good conversation can shift the direction of change forever."
Those canteen tea time discussions (obviously without cellphone in our hands) were proved to be very helpful and informative for some of the persons like me ;) . That time we used to learn something, these conversations spread awareness about lots of the untold topics and were good in the counseling of lonely minds. But now quality of thoughts is like mobile phone's noise.
(my personal views)
Good one.. Let me refer you to this https://phys.org/news/2018-07-electrons-critical-moments.html article which I read sometime back. Its on slowing electron down. In CERN Large Hadron Collider the experiment is about collision of fast moving particles whose velocity is controlled by a particle accelerator. So, the speed of particles can be controlled. Coming to the interaction of faster or slower electrons of light, a moving charge particle creates electromagnetic field. So, light being electromagnetic wave will interact with electrons. Debate is welcome :)
By the way, I do not have a cup of tea. May be you can get me one.....:)