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Re:The strength of the strong force by peterpost2 on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @08:18AM (#32410671)
Wouldn't that mean that light also has infinite energy?
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Re:The strength of the strong force by squeaky-clean on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @02:38PM (#32416577)
This is the basis of the "ultraviolet catastrophe" and lead to the discovery of quantization of radiation. The "catastrophe" being that as classical laws for light implied a potentially unbounded amount of energy as wavelength decreased.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet_catastrophe

https://youtu.be/rCfPQLVzus4

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