I am a photon
Photon
CompositionElementary particle
StatisticsBosonic
FamilyGauge boson
InteractionsElectromagnetic, weak (and gravity)
Symbolγ
TheorizedAlbert Einstein (1905)
The name "photon" is generally attributed to Gilbert N. Lewis (1926)
Mass0 (theoretical value)
< 1×10−18 eV/c2 (experimental limit)[1]
Mean lifetimeStable[1]
Electric charge0
< 1×10−35 e[1]
Color chargeNo
Spin1 ħ
Spin states+1 ħ, −1 ħ
Parity−1[1]
C parity−1[1]
CondensedI(JP C)=0,1(1−−)[1]
A photon (from Ancient Greek φῶς, φωτός (phôs, phōtós) 'light') is an elementary particle that is a quantum of the electromagnetic field, including electromagnetic radiation such as light and radio waves, and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force. Photons are massless particles that can move no faster than the speed of light measured in vacuum. The photon belongs to the class of boson particles.
As with other elementary particles, photons are best explained by quantum mechanics and exhibit wave–particle duality, their behavior featuring properties of both waves and particles.
www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/quantum-physics/t...
I am a photon
Photon
CompositionElementary particle
StatisticsBosonic
FamilyGauge boson
InteractionsElectromagnetic, weak (and gravity)
Symbolγ
TheorizedAlbert Einstein (1905)
The name "photon" is generally attributed to Gilbert N. Lewis (1926)
Mass0 (theoretical value)
< 1×10−18 eV/c2 (experimental limit)[1]
Mean lifetimeStable[1]
Electric charge0
< 1×10−35 e[1]
Color chargeNo
Spin1 ħ
Spin states+1 ħ, −1 ħ
Parity−1[1]
C parity−1[1]
CondensedI(JP C)=0,1(1−−)[1]
A photon (from Ancient Greek φῶς, φωτός (phôs, phōtós) 'light') is an elementary particle that is a quantum of the electromagnetic field, including electromagnetic radiation such as light and radio waves, and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force. Photons are massless particles that can move no faster than the speed of light measured in vacuum. The photon belongs to the class of boson particles.
As with other elementary particles, photons are best explained by quantum mechanics and exhibit wave–particle duality, their behavior featuring properties of both waves and particles.
www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/quantum-physics/t...