High School What is a photon's structure composed of?

[lighthouse1234]

I read that a photon is an electromagnetic field but how could that be since electromagnetic fields are based on electronic and thermodynamics.

 

[Dale]

electromagnetic fields are based on electronic and thermodynamics.

Electromagnetic fields are not based on thermodynamics. I am not sure what would lead you to believe that they are

 

[lighthouse1234]

Boltzmann's entropy

 

[Dale]

Boltzmann's entropy

Boltzmann’s entropy is not the basis of EM

 

[DennisN]

What is a photon's structure composed of?

It is made of the purest, finest aether you can think of.

No, seriously, photons can be thought of as stable "excitations/disturbances" in the electromagnetic field.

 

[PeroK]

I read that a photon is an electromagnetic field but how could that be ...

Perhaps whoever wrote what you read was wrong; or, you misunderstood what you read; or, you never read it in the first place. How can anyone on here say which of those, if any, is true?

 

[PeterDonis]

I read

Where? Please give a specific reference.