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Photon vs Dilaton - What's the difference?

photon | dilaton |

As nouns the difference between photon and dilaton

is that photon is (particle) the quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime it is a gauge boson while dilaton is (physics) a theoretical scalar field (analogous to the photon).

photon

English

(wikipedia photon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (particle) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Fenella Saunders
  • , title= Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.}}

    Derived terms

    * photonics

    See also

    * phonon * plasmon ----

    dilaton

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) A theoretical scalar field (analogous to the photon)
  • (physics) A particle, associated with gravity, in string theory
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