Does the photons in red light differ from the photons in blue light?...?

Question

I know that the wave qualities are different... I want to know about the photons. And do radio waves also carry photons?

Answer 1

All types of light can be considered as either waves (electromagnetic waves) or particles (photons). This includes everything from gamma-rays through visible through radio. It is easier for astronomers to detect the higher energy forms of light (gamma-rays, x-rays) if we treat them as particles, while it's easier for us to detect the lower energy forms of light (radio, microwave) if we treat them as waves, but all forms of light are both particles and waves.

Different "types" of light have different wave properties such as wavelength, frequency, and energy. However, energy can also describe particles, and as such different types of light have different particle properties such as energy and momentum. According to relativity, light particles have momentum but not mass, momentum is the more fundamental quantity than mass.

Answer 2

Photons in blue light have a higher energy than those in red light. That is the only difference.

Radio waves are electromagnetic radiation, just as light waves. Their only difference is their energy (lower than light).

If you want to understand this, study the duality between the wave view and the particle view of light, starting with the reference. If you prefer confusion and denial to understanding, then just accept simplistic answers to questions like this.

Answer 3

All electromagnetic waves have photons, radio is an electromagnetic wave. The only differences in the photons are their wavelengths and frequencies.

Answer 4

Photons are simply little "packets" of waves that act as particles in some respects. So, each photon of each wavelength differs in that the "packets" all contain different frequencies.

Answer 5

Red light has less energy than blue light. That's why distant galactic objects are said to be "red-shifted" when they're moving away. Red is also lower on the spectrum than blue. Visible light and radio waves just occupy different places on this spectrum.

Answer 6

To my best knowledge photons are not involved in radio-waves, which do not have particle/wave properties. In answer to the other question the minor difference is in energy...the more energy the shorter the wave length the more blue the color.

Answer 7

Are you trying to merge wave theory with particle theory?