Super Relativity - Theory
What is a Photon?
In many circumstances, a photon acts as a classical particle, for instance when registered by the light-sensitive device in a camera. In other circumstances, a photon acts like a classical wave, as when passing through the optics in a camera.
According to the so-called wave-particle duality of quantum physics, it is natural for the photon to display either aspect of its nature, according to the circumstances. Some say a photon, "sometimes acts like a wave and sometimes acts like a particle". This is slightly misleading, because a photon always acts like both. For example, when shooting single photons through a slit, a detector can detect each photon when it hits—but over time, the detector will detect the same diffraction pattern as it would if the photons were given off all in one burst.
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