1. In Current Science, light is both an electromagnetic wave and a massless coherent particle that moves through space at a constant speed.
2. In Neu Theory, light refers to the entire radiant energy spectrum from gamma through radio wavelengths.
Light is made of photons, “bubbles” of free spin energy carried by space (not moving through space), that follow the 2nd law. Photons are bosonic objects. A photon is one of the seven elementary particles, and [11] of the fundamental forms of nature. The size (wavelength) of the photon is inversely proportional to its energy, meaning the smaller the bubble the larger the spin energy content. Photons are typically made from three sources:
- atomic photons – electric field interactions between the negative electron charge shells and the positive nuclear charge shield.
- nuclear photons – de-linkage of captive proton spinrise matter, or nuclide size or shape adjustments.
- thermal photons – atomic and molecular vibrations.
Light Comparison Table
| Name | Wavelength (m) | Frequency (Hz) | Closure Time (s) | Photon energy (eV) |
| Gamma ray | less than 0.02 nm | more than 15 EHz | less than 21 as | more than 62.1 keV |
| X-ray | 0.01 nm – 10 nm | 30 EHz – 30 PHz | 10 as – 10 fs | 124 keV – 124 eV |
| Ultraviolet | 10 nm – 400 nm | 30 PHz – 750 THz | 10fs – 4.19 fs | 124 eV – 3 eV |
| Visible | 390 nm – 750 nm | 770 THz – 400 THz | 4.08 fs – 7.85 fs | 3.2 eV – 1.7 eV |
| Infrared | 750 nm – 1 mm | 400 THz – 300 GHz | 7.85 fs – 10.5 ps | 1.7 eV – 1.24 meV |
| Microwave | 1 mm – 1 meter | 300 GHz – 300 MHz | 10.5 ps – 10 ns | 1.24 meV – 1.24 µeV |
| Radio | 1 m – 100,000 km | 300 MHz – 3 Hz | 10 ns – 1s | 1.24 µeV – 12.4 feV |
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