One of the big questions. Depending on the test you make it can show either properties of a particle or a wave.
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Light is considered to exhibit both wave-like and particle-like behavior, depending on the experiment being performed. This is known as the wave-particle duality of light. In some experiments, light behaves more like a wave, while in others, it behaves more like a particle (photon).
Yes, light exhibits properties of both a wave and a particle, known as wave-particle duality.
Light energy can exhibit properties of both a wave and a particle. This duality is known as wave-particle duality and is a fundamental concept in quantum mechanics. Depending on the experiment conducted, light can be observed as behaving like a wave (with properties such as interference and diffraction) or as a particle (with properties such as discrete packets of energy called photons).
Light exhibits characteristics of both a wave and a particle, known as wave-particle duality. It can behave as a wave in some situations and as a particle in others, depending on the experiment being conducted.
Light a general term for a specific range of wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum, is not strictly just a wave, it shows particle and wave like properties, hence it being able to travel in a vacuum without a medium. However as a wave light is considered to be a transverse wave.
The wave-particle duality of light is the concept that light behaves both as a wave and as a particle. When behaving as a wave, light exhibits phenomena like interference and diffraction. When behaving as a particle, it interacts with matter in discrete packets called photons.