Don't give me a bio on Einstein. If it's energy how come it's stoped by matter(an opaque wall), if it's particals how come light waves don't run into each other and produce a blurrly image?
2006-12-28 12:05:17 · 7 answers · asked by honor roller 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Light, or electromagnetic energy is able to exist as either a frequency, as radio and light waves etc. or it is able to be formed into mass at very high frequencies. As an illustration, when a very high frequency wave of this energy enters near the nucleus of an atom it forms two electrons. One is negative in nature and the other positive in nature. The positive one has a spin direction opposite that of the negative electron, and is called antimatter. Once the positive electron meets with any mass of our universe it immediately transforms back into radiation.
This form of energy passes through all other forms of the same. It is like light energy passing through a window. It is as though the window were not there. This form of energy constantly moves at such a great rate of speed it is only slowed down by passing through, or becoming part of a mass.
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2006-12-28 12:21:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light is both a wave and a particle. Like sound it is an electromagnetic wave. The particles that make up light are photons and quantum's. It has characteristics that make it a particle and a wave. Because of it's characteristics as a particle it can create a spectrum. There is no proof that it can be classified as one or the other. This question is a duel nationwide but will soon come to an end because experiments including those that I have done has made it both.
2006-12-28 20:19:23 · answer #2 · answered by African Queen03 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light is the periodic oscillation of mutually perpendicular electric and magnetic fields, propagating through space. Light is stopped by matter because the interaction of the matter with the electromagnetic field prevents it from propagating any farther. However, some frequencies of light are not disturbed, as one can see light goes through a window, x-rays go through skin, etc.
Light has the peculiar property of interacting with matter in quantized amounts. This led people to describe light as particles, an easy way to visualize the quantized process. Likewise, the wave description of light is an easy visualization of the mathematical model for the field oscillation described above. To understand the nature of light, it is important to remember these are useful visualizations of mathematical models, and light is neither a wave or a particle in the conventional sense of either word.
2007-01-01 18:51:25 · answer #3 · answered by Tony O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
light is made of particles called 'quanta'. These particles at rest or not moving or int erupted by any exterior object or particle which would cause a movement. At rest is a particle. In motion due to acceleration of the light. Light acts as a Wave type element.
2006-12-29 23:16:32 · answer #4 · answered by Rodney Kawecki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light behaves both as waves and particles. It has features and properties of both.
It's called Wave-Particle Duality.
The Wikipedia article in my references lists the facets of this phenomenon.
PS: I'm not a geek - I did Physics at school
2006-12-28 20:14:03 · answer #5 · answered by Yanni Depp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know this sounds weird, but light is both particles and waves. it has some properties of each. this is commonly referred to as "wave-particle duality"
2006-12-28 20:12:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think there is a simple answer to this..
and you dun need any conditions for that =P
"no really knows!!"
2006-12-28 20:13:46 · answer #7 · answered by no man 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋