- A
photon (from
Ancient Gr**** φῶς, φωτός (phôs, phōtós) 'light') is an
elementary particle that is a
quantum of the
electromagnetic field,
including electromagnetic...
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Photon energy is the
energy carried by a
single photon. The
amount of
energy is
directly proportional to the
photon's electromagnetic frequency and thus...
- Look up
Photon or
photon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
photon is an
elementary particle of light.
Photon may also
refer to:
Photon (comics), two...
- and
wavelength less than 10 picometer (1×10−11 m)
gamma ray
photons have the
highest photon energy of any form of
electromagnetic radiation. Paul Villard...
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where E is the
energy per
photon, f is the
frequency of the
photon, and h is the
Planck constant. A
single gamma ray
photon, for example,
might carry...
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Photon counting is a
technique in
which individual photons are
counted using a single-
photon detector (SPD). A single-
photon detector emits a
pulse of...
- high
frequency photons scattering following an
interaction with a
charged particle,
usually an electron. Specifically, when the
photon hits electrons...
- A
photon sphere or
photon circle is an area or
region of
space where gravity is so
strong that
photons are
forced to
travel in orbits,
which is also sometimes...
- two-
photon absorption (TPA or 2PA), also
called two-
photon excitation or non-linear absorption, is the
simultaneous absorption of two
photons of identical...
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proton and an antiproton. Pair
production often refers specifically to a
photon creating an electron–positron pair near a nucleus. As
energy must be conserved...
