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The photon is the quantum of the electromagnetic four-potential, and therefore the massless bosonic particle associated with the electromagnetic force, commonly also called the "particle of light". Use this tag for questions about the quantum-mechanical understanding of light and/or electromagnetic interactions.
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Why can't we see light travelling from point A to B?
If the photon you described is going to move from A to B, there's no reason you can see it at position C. Because if you were able to see the photon, it had moved from A to C, where you are, not B. Th …
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Why don't photons split up into multiple lower energy versions of themselves?
A system containing one photon has the total angular momentum 1, but if this photon splits into 2 photons the total angular momentum will be different. …
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Application of splitting a photon into two
As you know, there are processes through which a photon is split into two photons, each with half energy. There are possibly processes where a photon is split into two ones with different energies. …
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