Since photons travel the speed of light, with no motion through time, are all events simultaneous for photons?

Answer 1

Good question. Your premise is a bit off. Actually, although the rate of a moving clock appears slow to a stationary observer, for the moving person, everything appears to progress as normal--otherwise, there would be a distinction between "moving" and "stationary" frames which would violate the symmetry of special relativity.

So no matter how fast you are moving, the clock you carry with you always ticks at the same rate. Presuming that you could actually ride a photon--you can't, but you can get pretty close if your rest mass is small enough--then if everything is continuous, your clock will continue to tick. However, the Lorentz transformations are not continuous at lightspeed, so this is not necessarily the case.

Answer 2

The assumption posed in your question is that all photons are directly connected to each other in some manner. To restate the question somewhat, "Does physical time exist to photons?" In stating the question in this manner we are able to deal with the totality of photons as well as the individual photon.

First, photons are "light" and they all move at that speed. Whether radio waves or X-rays, the speed is the same for all. What this means in a universal relationship is that there exists no such thing as "time" in their movement. It would be as though the sum of the photons of the universe were caught in a gigantic photograph and, as far as time passage went, nothing would ever change for them. They would be as though in a forever sleep that would have no more meaning than time does to grains of sand.

This condition would continue even when a photon became part of the energy of a mass, or was formed into an electron. Nothing would have changed. Physical time would still be as before the event took place.

The reason for this is that, even though electromagnetic energy becomes part of a mass, or forms into an electron, is speed does not decrease - it is just transformed into another entity. Instead of moving in a linear manner through space, the speed becomes locked unto itself - like a long coil spring is able to remain attached at its ends. It is like water converting into ice. It's still ice, and the basis of its existence is still found in hydrogen and oxygen.

It is for this reason, also, that we understand that were all the mass of the universe to be converted to its lowest form, the form would be that of electromanetic energy. At that time there would exist only one dimension, and EVERYTHING would have a time factor of zero - exactly what all photons have at present, and what time factor they always will have.

Answer 3

It is really not possible to make sense of such questions and any attempt to do so is bound to lead to paradoxes. There are no inertial reference frames in which the photon is at rest so it is hopeless to try to imagine what it would be like in one. Photons do not have experiences. There is no sense in saying that time stops when you go at the speed of light. This is not a failing of the theory of relativity. There are no inconsistencies revealed by these questions. They just don't make sense.

Answer 4

Or do they even hapen at all for the photons?

ever since they start moving, time freezes and it dies before it slows down. So I hypothise that a photon leads a blisfully ignorant life.

Answer 5

the only element which could holiday at mild velocity IS mild. think of the friction/warmth created by using travelling at velocity of sound 340m/s. mild velocity is 300MILLIONm/s. absolutely everyone for toast?

Answer 6

No. They travel in time.