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digitalsilicon t1_j450qsq wrote

It’s not a diffractive effect. It’s refraction. Hyper physics has an article on this specifically:

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/atmos/corona2.html#c1

A diffractive effect would exhibit a lot of dispersion. On the other hand, refraction through the flat crystal surfaces responsible for the 22 degree halo does not disperse the light.

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digitalsilicon t1_isfh3gt wrote

> multiply 1/2 and nh/2pi but mathematically it doesn’t satisfy the axiom which clearly states that the scalar is a real number not an integer

If you multiply a vector by an integer, that is still multiplication by a real number. It doesn’t matter than not all real numbers are integers.

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