Photons

Photons

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Question:

My name is John Cato. My questions are: What is a photon made of? and What kind of atoms make a photon being that is the lightest matter? Thank you.

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Photon is an elementary particle in the true sense : it does not have any internal structure. It is a massless. particle.

Jasjeet

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