What is a Photon?

 In other simplified words Photons "in many atomic models in physics, are particles which transmit light"

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1. Photon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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   A photon is an elementary particle, the quantum of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation, and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force, even ...

   ‎Photon polarization - ‎Force carrier - ‎Virtual particle - ‎Photonics

2. Photon - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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   Photons (from Greek φως, meaning light), in many atomic models in physics, are particles which transmit light. In other words, light is carried over space by ...

3. Photon - What is a photon? - Physics - About.com

   

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   by Andrew Zimmerman Jones - in 12,744 Google+ circles

   A description of the photon theory of light and what it means, as well as how it developed and its bizarre implications.

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