2007-04-30 04:04:52 · 11 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Light is a particle (photon) and a wave would be its function.
ie: light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength that is visible to the eye.
2007-04-30 05:01:35 · answer #1 · answered by Yahoo! 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The photon is a gauge boson of spin 1, without mass and without charge, that results from a local U gauge symmetry and mediates the electromagnetic interaction. Light is not like other Radio Frequency energy related to Electro-Magnetic Radiation, in fact the photon has a wave-particle duality that is not exhibited in any of the other EM frequencies.
Light seems to need the influence of an observer to function.
2007-04-30 11:37:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are 2 theories one state that it is made of a particle known as photon of very small mass and diff colour is coz of diff mass in photon, since this was noy able to satisfy diffraction there was another stating that it is combination of electrical and magnetic waves moving in same direction with planes perpendicular to each other but this was not able to prove photon effect so the final conclusion was light and other em waves are made of group of photon's moving in a wave like motion.
2007-05-04 01:43:32 · answer #3 · answered by ksr 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
White light exist within the visible range of humans and is comprised of Photons
2007-05-03 21:59:55 · answer #4 · answered by hilltopobservatory 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A quantum of light is made up of two components a spatial vortex and a speed component.
When a photon of light is emitted it accelerates to "C" in one thirty-billionths of a second.
It is light during the acceleration phase.
The spatial component is what gives light it's intensity or wavelength.
2007-04-30 12:19:32 · answer #5 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Light is a form of energy, meaning it is composed a electrically charged particles called photons. When the light hits an object, it becomes visible on the electromagnetic spectrum as "visible light" (red, orange, green, blue, etc.).
2007-04-30 11:20:54 · answer #6 · answered by Ryan Z 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Practically everything that exists is made of matter, but three things are not: sound, heat, and light. Light consists of photons (packets of energy) that travel at a constant rate from its source. Einstein was one of the first people to characterize light as consisting of photons.
2007-04-30 11:20:30 · answer #7 · answered by chemicalcajun 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
photons!
more appropriately, it's an electromagnetic wave. We can only see a fraction of the full EM spectrum - most of it is invisible, such as microwaves, x-rays and likes.
2007-04-30 11:35:53 · answer #8 · answered by Pete S 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Electromgnetic waves ..... It can also be explained using a particle called a photon.
2007-04-30 11:08:44 · answer #9 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pure energy. No mass at all.
2007-04-30 13:30:51 · answer #10 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋