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by warriorsoul on November 20th, 2006

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Is light a wave or a particle?

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  • by teknimage on November 20th, 2006

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    Light is both a wave and a particle. It is said to have "wave-particle duality". Its component, the photon, is quantized, meaning that individual particles can be detected. Yet, it also has a measurable analog property that all electro-magnetic radiation has as well, which is its wave length.

    According to quantum mechanics, all matter exhibits this wave-particle duality at its most fundamental structures.

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    • All matter and non-matter particles (photons are vector bosons, not matter) have a wave-particle duality.

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      by yeroco on November 27th, 2009

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