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Wave-corpuscle duality of light reconsidered

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The old and yet unanswered question of the precise nature of light, although completely and deliberately neglected nowadays, is reexamined by several new methods, both theoretical and experimental. The wave-corpuscle duality of light then appears somewhat different, and a new hypothesis on the process of electromagnetic interaction may be proposed in an attempt to untangle the dilemma and reach a more realistic description.

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Cormier-Delanoue, C. Wave-corpuscle duality of light reconsidered. Found Phys 25, 465–479 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02059231

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