Suppose there is sphere which is completely made of ideal mirror. What if a light particle is induced in it by a source of light? Does the light particle remains there by bouncing or disappear after removing the source of light?
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2Yes, if you create a physically impossible ideal situation, then that which you built the ideal situation for will happen. That's a tautology, but not physics. – ACuriousMind Mar 09 '15 at 13:09
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The light will keep reflecting until its absorbed. Even for the best mirrors we can build, that will happen very quickly. – Sean Mar 09 '15 at 13:12
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1http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/17844/ – Jimmy360 Mar 09 '15 at 13:12
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duplicate ^ post – Jimmy360 Mar 09 '15 at 13:13
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1possible duplicate of What happens to light in a perfect reflective sphere? – ACuriousMind Mar 09 '15 at 16:19
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The photons would be able to bounce around indefinitely. However, if this were really done, the photon would quickly be absorbed by the particles of the mirror
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