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What Happens if You Cut a Photon in Half? The Answer Is Trippy - Gizmodo

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Gayoung Lee
What Happens if You Cut a Photon in Half? The Answer Is Trippy - Gizmodo
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Physicists are exploring the theoretical implications of attempting to divide a photon, which is considered an indivisible elementary particle. The study delves into the quantum mechanical nature of light and the fundamental limits of particle physics.

Physicists tend to think of light in terms of photons: massless, elementary particles carrying the forces of nature. And elementary particles, like the photon, are indivisible. That is, there is no s…

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