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AIsaysWhat.physics – the take of scrape – wavepacket chat
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AIsaysWhat.physics – the take of scrape – wavepacket chat

John Healy

Introduction My chat with Gemini about photons continued this week. This time I explored its take on visualization of a photon as a wavepacket. A traveling energy bundle, quantum of the electromagnetic field (aka photon field). A model that’s more useful – perhaps even weirder – than the trope of an oh-so-small ball. A chat… Continue reading AIsaysWhat.physics – the take of scrape – wavepacket chat

You can call me Ray Gamma photons – formerly known as rays – the extreme EM spectrum
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Gamma photons – formerly known as rays – the extreme EM spectrum

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Table of contents IntroductionAbout gamma photonsSolar gamma photons INTRODUCTION Rays, radiation, particles, waves, fields … what’s in a name, eh? There’s a history [1], an evolution of discovery and understanding. So that sometimes a “particle” by another name is something more interesting [2]. While quantum field theory (QFT) has penetrated the way many physicists think… Continue reading Gamma photons – formerly known as rays – the extreme EM spectrum