Sorry RC, but sound is a physical phenomenon, no matter how you slice it. A sound wave is composed of particles oscillating back and forth and transmitting energy in the direction of wave motion by physical collisions. Light is composed of photons (which may or may not be physical) and travels directly. Sure, if you believe in aether theory then light would be similar to sound. However a sonic weapon equivalent to a laser is not possible due to diffraction angles.
Sound is NOT light. Light MAY be sound on a different hierarchal scale, but the two points are NOT equivalent. Tom, the sonic equivalent of a laser would be a focused shockwave, but focusing sonic energy like that does not really work. Plus, to really tear stuff up you would need a high-frequency oscillating wave, and the only good way to create a shockwave (bomb) only gives you one wavefront, not the repeated fronts needed. --- RC Macaulay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Leaking Pen, > Your analogy is only ONE manifestation of sound. > i.e. heat > ----- Original Message ----- > From: leaking pen > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 9:58 PM > Subject: Re: Maser > > > no, sound is particles moving in a wave motion, > and light is a wave motion in its own right. sound > is closer to teh heat generated by shining light on > something. > > > On 11/28/05, RC Macaulay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > Hi, > Sound is light. Recent experiment demonstrating > that light can be " frozen" > is only one indication. > Richard > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Monteverde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 5:24 PM > Subject: RE: Maser > > > > Aren't phonons the storage of momentum/sound > at the atomic or crystal > > lattice level? And wouldn't they be more or > less in-phase when a bulk > > object resonates at that internal frequency? I > suspect that a "singing > > stone" which has a resonant frequency *not* > dictated by the cut size of > > the stone is just such an animal - a sort of > sound laser. I suspect that > > the acoustic output is ordinary and isn't any > more beam-like than any > > sound at that frequency (legends of acoustic > stone levitation not > > withstanding). It might be called an AASER - > acoustic amplification (by) > > stimulated emission (of phonon) radiation. > Needs a better acronym, > > though. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robin van Spaandonk > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 11:06 AM > > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > > Subject: Re: Maser > > > > > > In reply to leaking pen's message of Mon, 28 > Nov 2005 12:51:32 > > -0700: > > Hi, > > [snip] > >>no, its a beam of em radiation in the > microwave band similar to a > >>laser. > > > > You missed the "of sound" bit. AFAIK there is > no such thing for sound, > > because there is no way of storing sound > energy at the atomic level, > > hence no inverted populations can be created, > and therefore no > > stimulated emission is possible. > > > >> > >>On 11/28/05, thomas malloy < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Is a maser a beam of sound similar to al > laser? > >>> > >>> > >>> --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - > $8.25/mo! -- > >>> http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - > $19.99/mo! --- > >>> > >>> > > Regards, > > > > Robin van Spaandonk > > > > http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ > > > > Competition provides the motivation, > > Cooperation provides the means. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > "Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I > would give my life to make it possible for you to > continue to write" Voltaire Merlyn Magickal Engineer and Technical Metaphysicist __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/
