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A photon is an elementary particle, the quantum of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation. It is the force carrier for the electromagnetic force, even when static via virtual photons. The effects of this force are easily observable at the microscopic and at the macroscopic level, because the photon has zero rest mass; this allows long distance interactions. Like all elementary particles, photons are currently best explained by quantum mechanics and exhibit wave–particle duality, exhibiting properties of waves and of particles. For example, a single photon may be refracted by a lens or exhibit wave interference with itself, but also act as a particle giving a definite result when its position is measured. Waves and quanta, being two observable aspects of a single phenomenon, cannot have their true nature described in terms of any mechanical model. A representation of this dual property of light, which assumes certain points on the wave front to be the seat of the energy, is also impossible. Thus, the quanta in a light wave cannot be spatially localized. Some defined physical parameters of a photon are listed.
Richard Phillips Feynman, (/ˈfaɪnmən/; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics for which he proposed the parton model. For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman, jointly with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965. He developed a widely used pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions governing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams. During his lifetime, Feynman became one of the best-known scientists in the world. In a 1999 poll of 130 leading physicists worldwide by the British journal Physics World he was ranked as one of the ten greatest physicists of all time.
He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and became known to a wide public in the 1980s as a member of the Rogers Commission, the panel that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. In addition to his work in theoretical physics, Feynman has been credited with pioneering the field of quantum computing, and introducing the concept of nanotechnology. He held the Richard C. Tolman professorship in theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology.
What exactly is a photon? this video shows how we can use the particle model, with individual corpuscles of energy, to explain certain properties of EM radiation. If you want to find out more about the photon then I can highly recommend you listen to this radio show: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b051vlpf If you would like to see more A Level Physics videos then please Subscribe to my channel to keep updated with new videos and to search the Playlists already created. You can also visit my site 'A Level Physics Online' to see how all the videos relate to your course and for even more resources at http://www.alevelphysicsonline.com/ Thanks for watching, Mr Matheson
125 - Photons In this video Paul Andersen explains how light travels in photons which can be described as both particles and waves. Einstein showed that photons can be described as particles using the photoelectric effect to show that the energy of a photon is related to the frequency and Planck's constant. The quantized nature of light can be found in both spectral lines and the photoelectric effect. Do you speak another language? Help me translate my videos: http://www.bozemanscience.com/translations/ Music Attribution Title: String Theory Artist: Herman Jolly http://sunsetvalley.bandcamp.com/track/string-theory All of the images are licensed under creative commons and public domain licensing: “Albert Einstein.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, May 1, 2015. http://en.wikipedia.o...
Planck found that to explain the relationship between temperature and radiation he had to assume that radiation energy is transferred in discrete quanta. Einstein pointed out that the so-called photoelectric effect provided convincing evidence that Planck's quanta were real particles, what we now call photons. The playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL193BC0532FE7B02C http://www.sps.ch/fileadmin/pictures/Experimente/FromPhotonsToWaves.avi
What happens when single photons of light pass through a double slit and are detected by a photomultiplier tube? In 1801 Thomas Young seemed to settle a long-running debate about the nature of light with his double slit experiment. He demonstrated that light passing through two slits creates patterns like water waves, with the implication that it must be a wave phenomenon. However, experimental results in the early 1900s found that light energy is not smoothly distributed as in a classical wave, rather it comes in discrete packets, called quanta and later photons. These are indivisible particles of light. So what would happen if individual photons passed through a double slit? Would they make a pattern like waves or like particles?
From Ancient Greece to the present day, scientists have been studying light to try to penetrate the mysteries of its composition and how to measure it...
innovation: for the first time ever in the world describe the photon's compensation , showing the Ultimate nano- components of photon and illustrates the movement of light rays, spectrum and electro magnetic waves
Richard Feynman on Quantum Mechanics
Electrons around atoms can absorb and emit photons of particular colours of light -- see three different atomic models explain what's going on. Key concepts: atomic models (Bohr, energy staircase and electron density), photons, energy levels, absorption, emission Play the game: http://splash.abc.net.au/web/zoom/home ABC Zoom is a science-based game set in deep space. The space ship Polaris has come under attack. The ship and her captain have sustained damage that can only be repaired at the molecular or cellular level. Your mission: Use the futuristic tool you'll find on the ship to zoom down to the microscopic and atomic levels, reviving the captain and her ship. See more videos: http://splash.abc.net.au/web/zoom/science
Dividing Line
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