Photon Company Profile

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Company Name	Photon
Website	https://en.wikipedia.org
Snippet	A photon (from Ancient Greek φῶς, φωτός (phôs, phōtós) 'light') is an elementary particle that is a quantum of the electromagnetic field, including electromagnetic radiation such as light and radio waves, and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force.Photons are massless, so they always move at the speed of light in vacuum, 299 792 458 m/s (or about 186,282 mi/s).
Mass	0 (theoretical value)< 1×10−18 eV/c2 (experimental limit)[1]
Spin	1
Family	Gauge boson
Parity	−1[1]
Symbol	γ
C parity	−1[1]
Condensed	I(JP C)=0,1(1−−)[1]
Theorized	Albert Einstein (1905) The name "photon" is generally attributed to Gilbert N. Lewis (1926)
Statistics	Bosonic
Composition	Elementary particle
Spin states	+1 ℏ, −1 ℏ
Color charge	0
Interactions	Electromagnetic, weak (and gravity)
Mean lifetime	Stable[1]
Electric charge	0< 1×10−35 e[1]

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