I was thinking, If somehow we could create a perfectly reflective surface, create a sphere with it, couldnt we technically trap LIGHT inside of it? If a surface was perfectly reflective could it still be used as a solar sail since all the energy of the light is left completely the same after it is reflected?
I just got out of highschool so I really have no idea of the theories or anything behind this, so could someone with more knowlege explain if this is possible?
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AnOnYmOuS 2U2008-07-01 5:32
Unfortunately, I have a few questions for OP. What happens to the heat generated by the light photons after reflection and/or for that matter during the process of travel through a colder environment? You would have to maintain the temperature for the photons to continue their cycle of movement, but how do you balance that with it's needs? Do you know the needs of photonic perseverance? If something can be born, than it can decay and be destroyed. This is true because of some things being of a compounded nature and therefore having to balance between the two extremes in order to survive. That is why we need water at a level of 7 pH which is a perfect balance between 0 pH acid and 14 pH base. But what abouts nutrients to give burnable calories to our human muscles? What about sleep that the brain and muscles and heart need in order to slow down the life cycle in order to offset death? These are balance questions. What are the balance equations for photonic light? Answer that question and you have yourself a perpetual light rarefraction sphere. But of course, comming up with the details...I leave entirely up to you.
Btw, a movie character I look up to...L. :)
I guess that would make me...M. :P