I know there is no limit to how many zeros we can write between "1" and "hertz". Is there a limit on what can actually be emitted based upon the properties of known elements (or any other criteria)?
2007-02-01 07:54:57 · 10 answers · asked by A Toast For Trayvon 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
A good question. Yes, there is an upper limit. The shortest time interval which can exist is the Planck time; 10^-43 secs. So the highest frequency possible is the reciprocal of this; 10^43 Hz. But you'd run into practical problems long before you reached this limit. A photon with this frequency would have an energy of nearly 7 gigajoules. Don't ask me how to generate one.
2007-02-01 09:14:13 · answer #1 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not that I know of. On the other hand, the higher the frequency, the more energy there is for each photon. It might be practically impossible to put the entire energy of a star into 1 photon.
Gamma rays have a frequency of 10^20 Hz and up. I would be guessing, but I would be surprised if frequencies above 10^26 Hz have ever been observed.
2007-02-01 08:08:44 · answer #2 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The energy would also turn into other particles. When smashing electrons, protons together sometimes there are photons, sometimes with the right energy, there are other particles. For example the PSI, J particle. Check Murry Gell-Mann's list of particles. Which led to the idea of quarks and what sort of things will form.
2007-02-01 09:32:12 · answer #3 · answered by metaraison 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-28 07:08:54 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. The highest frequency, which is the same as the highest energy, would occur if all but one particle of the universe were converted into energy and that energy was imparted to the remaining particle.
2007-02-01 07:59:01 · answer #5 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
Point charge is theoretically the smallest entity capable in generating a EM field when in motion. Since it has zero size and therefore zero mass...The darn thing can theoretically oscillate to infinity...
2007-02-01 07:58:18 · answer #6 · answered by Edward 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short answer: there is no hard limit to the energy that a gamma-ray can have.
Long answer: see the link in the source below.
2007-02-01 08:37:50 · answer #7 · answered by jlp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Again NO. There is no physical upper boundary to frequency as for example the speed of light in vacuo.
2007-02-01 08:00:23 · answer #8 · answered by giorgio s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this question made my brain hurt
2007-02-01 08:04:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-02-01 07:58:07 · answer #10 · answered by crazykid56 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋