Light is no different from other particles/waves in a sense that it shows duality (wave - particle).
The Maxwell's equations (they describe the behaviour of the elecromagnetic field) are only the part of the whole story about photon.
The whole (? well.. the most complete) picture of the photon is as the quantum mechanics and the Standard Model teaches us..... and the waves do not exclude particles (and vice versa)
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Originally Posted by Shnoz
Cool, I thought it made sense.
I've also heard that the wave and photon theories of light are completely separate. Is there still no way that photons can possibly fit into the wave theory?
It seems somewhat confusing to have one thing showing the properties of two entirely different objects. I think light's having identity problems.  |