Photon
The elementary grain of light, often noted γ. For particle physicists, electromagnetic waves are made up of photons whose energy is proportional to the wave frequency. The photon carries the electromagnetic interaction. Thus, two electrically charged particles attract or reject each other by exchanging protons.
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Photon
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