Theoretical photon origin, a didactic introduction to the wave particle duality

In modern physics courses the idea of photon has been teaching through from the einsteinian formulation based on the photoelectric effect. Einstein's photon concept allow the quantization of the electromagnetic field, but does not dwell on the idea of photon as particle. The objective of this p...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Paco H Talero L, Robayo, William J
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 09.11.2016
Subjects
Electromagnetic fields
Electromagnetic radiation
Photoelectric effect
Photoelectricity
Quantum theory
Relativity
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Summary:In modern physics courses the idea of photon has been teaching through from the einsteinian formulation based on the photoelectric effect. Einstein's photon concept allow the quantization of the electromagnetic field, but does not dwell on the idea of photon as particle. The objective of this paper was to demonstrate that the photon has its origin essentially in the special relativity, the electromagnetic theory and in the symmetry between the Lorentz's transformations associated flat monochromatic electromagnetic waves and particles with zero rest mass. This approach allows to understand the wave-particle duality of photon and allows to propose an alternative teaching focused on this duality to develop the course of modern physics.
ISSN:2331-8422