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- biological aspects
- photochemical reactions
applications
- charge carriers
- colour
- lasers
- nanotechnology
- photo-ionization
- scintillometers
- signals
- solar cells
- spectroscopy
physics
atmospheric science
- ionosphere and magnetosphere
atomic structure
- bosons
- electrons
quantum theory
- In quantum
- quantum field theory
radiation
- In radiation measurement
- In radiation measurement: Interactions of gamma rays and X rays
- In radiation: Particle aspects of light
- electromagnetic radiation
- gamma rays
- light
- photoemission
- X rays
- Compton effect
- electrodynamics
- Feynman diagram
- fundamental interaction
- Lewis’s speculation
- pair production
- particle physics
- phosphor excitation
- photoreception
- Planck’s constant
- Raman spectroscopy
- relativistic mechanics
- resonance ionization
- theories of cosmology
- thermoluminescent dosimeters
- uncertainty principle
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Photons in biology. | Jan 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Scholars at Harvard - Phonons and Photons. | Jun 10, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - Structure of the Photon. | May 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Photon bound state dynamics from a single artificial atom. | Feb 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Barcelona - Història de la Física Quàntica - Photon: New light on an old name. | Dec 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of California - Department of Mathematics - What is the mass of a photon? | Oct 13, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Photon Energy. | Jul 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Energy Wave Theory - Photons. | May 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Energy Education - Photon. | Feb 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Photons in biology. | Dec 09, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - What are photons? | Sep 09, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Feb 12, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Photons. | Sep 09, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - What Is a Photon? | Feb 07, 2018 | ||
| Cross-references added. | May 01, 2017 | ||
| Added video. | Jan 08, 2016 | ||
| Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - Photon. | May 11, 2009 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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