The electromagnetic spectrum is a single phenomenon expressed across an enormous range of frequencies. Radio waves vibrate at frequencies as low as three hertz. Gamma rays exceed ten to the...
The electromagnetic spectrum is a single phenomenon expressed across an enormous range of frequencies. Radio waves vibrate at frequencies as low as three hertz.
Gamma rays exceed ten to the twenty-fourth hertz. I know, I know.Between them lies the entire spectrum: microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays.
Each band is the same fundamental phenomenon - oscillating electromagnetic fields propagating at the speed of light. The difference between a radio wave and a gamma ray is not a difference in kind.
It is a difference in frequency. One light, expressed at every frequency the cosmos permits. The visible band represents approximately 0.0035 percent of the total electromagnetic spectrum.