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Electron transitions in
the Bohr model of the atom and the subsequent emission of
light provides an example of when light
should be viewed as a photon. There are two further pieces of
evidence of this particle-like nature of light - photon scattering
and the photoelectric effect.
modtech@theory.uwinnipeg.ca
1999-09-29