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martyb
on Wednesday February 27 2019, @02:50AM
from the now-try-it-near-a-10-Tesla-magnet dept.
from the now-try-it-near-a-10-Tesla-magnet dept.
According to a new article in Phys.org https://phys.org/news/2019-02-repulsive-photons.html
Scientist have found a way to make photons repel each other
Long story short they convert the photons which normally do not interact into polaritons: https://www.nature.com/subjects/polaritons "Polaritons are hybrid particles made up of a photon strongly coupled to an electric dipole" and this allows the photons to repel since they have charge.
Looks like my light saber really can be made. Now I just need to find a source for Kyber Crystals https://www.starwars.com/databank/lightsaber-crystal
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Jedis Rejoice! Lightsabers can repel each other!
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(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 27 2019, @04:57AM (1 child)
Just make the LED really sharp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomolecular_wire [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 27 2019, @11:14PM
I don't know about in the movie, but I believe in the book of The Last Jedi that's basically what the executioners' axes are.