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It's known that light can have particles characteristic in a particular condition.
Can Gamma Rays & Other Electromagnetive Waves have particle's characteristics?
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They are all composed of particles called photons.
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Compton effect is one of the most spectacular examples.
P. Brien said:It's known that light can have particles characteristic in a particular condition.
Normal everyday light is simply composed of different frequencies of Electromagnetic Waves than gamma rays, x-rays, ETC are. All are EM waves and all are composed of Photons.
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And particles with mass can have wave properties the de broglie hypothesis
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