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Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:43:42 UTC No. 16430974
two charged particles of opposite sign orbiting eachother, like the electron and the proton in the atom,
do not radiate away energy in the EM field because "i said so ok?! it just is!"
BUT they DO radiate away energy is graviational waves, as we see in two black holes orbiting eachother.
So all atoms will eventually run out of energy.
Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:02:53 UTC No. 16431023
>>16430974
They distort spacetime such that they're technically travelling in a straight line :^)
Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:05:38 UTC No. 16431030
>>16430974
>quantum mechanics behave this way
>classical mechanics behave this way
>uhhh bros this doesn’t make any sense
Congratulations, you’re on your way to understanding why we need to quantize gravity.
Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 17:52:16 UTC No. 16431446
>>16431030
you mean why QM is wrong
Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 18:09:49 UTC No. 16431465
>>16431030
We actually need to continuumise the quantum though.
Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 18:12:11 UTC No. 16431467
They radiate energy
And the energy is same as equlibrium thermal energy
Anonymous at Mon, 14 Oct 2024 18:24:12 UTC No. 16431484
>>16431465
Quantum mechanics is already continuous. Hilbert spaces are complete. You only encounter discretization in bound states the exact same way you do in classical mechanics where you have discrete Fourier transforms via spherical harmonics and such.
>>16431446
QM might turn out incomplete when we get quantum gravity but I doubt it. People who peddle that idea (Penrose for example) are all old farts who still in the einsteinian mindset.