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photon

[foh-ton] / ˈfoʊ tɒn /
NOUN
light quantum
Synonyms
STRONGEST
light quantum
STRONG
WEAK
atom boson electron gauge boson molecule neutron proton unit wave


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A system involving only a modest increase in photon number can therefore demand dramatically more measurements.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

The dark photon search produced an especially intriguing result.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

Dark photon signals, by contrast, should appear at nearly the same strength around the world.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

"We went searching for a confirmed XYZ candidate with a photon beam but instead found two other structures," said Malte Albrecht, a staff scientist at Jefferson Lab.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

This uses up the energy of the photon, so it is absorbed.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

When these charged particles collide with oxygen and nitrogen, photons of coloured light are emitted - this is the aurora.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The researchers then constructed a device to test the idea with three photons.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

By sending three individual photons into the device with carefully selected polarization states, the researchers showed that the system could distinguish among different types of three-photon W states.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

Many think there's an even better way of doing that, using light in the form of photons.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The electromagnetic attraction is pictured as being caused by the exchange of large numbers of virtual massless particles of spin 1, called photons.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking


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