What is the mechanism for atoms absorbing light?
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How does an electron absorb or emit light?
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What changes occur while an atom approches the speed of light?
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Why does wavelength change as light enters a different medium?
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Why electrons can't radiate in their atoms' orbits?
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How is light produced?
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How does a photon experience space and time?
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Why do two beams of light pass through one another without interacting?
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How precise must the energies match for absorption of photons?
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What is the actual mechanism behind the reflection of various colored light by material of different color?
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If refraction slows down light, isn't it possible to hold light still?
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Why does light change direction when it travels through glass?
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Why is an image formed when two light rays coming from an object intercept?
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Can light be trapped theoretically?
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What causes refraction of visible light?
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Why do some materials reflect (metals) and other materials reflect and refract (glass) from the quantum perspective?
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Trouble understanding the Bohr model of the atom
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Why exactly does diffraction occur?