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minus-squareChrobin@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·28 days agoThey would still emit real photons, just reflected ones.
minus-squarecholesterol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·28 days agoStrictly speaking, reflected light isn’t ‘emitted’. A mirror isn’t an emitter of light either.
minus-squareChrobin@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-228 days agoPhotons get absorbed and then re-emitted. I’d argue that counts as emission as it’s one part of the reflection process.
minus-squarethe_tab_key@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·28 days agohttps://imgur.com/gallery/gRk1uZm
They would still emit real photons, just reflected ones.
Strictly speaking, reflected light isn’t ‘emitted’. A mirror isn’t an emitter of light either.
Photons get absorbed and then re-emitted. I’d argue that counts as emission as it’s one part of the reflection process.
https://imgur.com/gallery/gRk1uZm