photon - CISMeF

Preferred Label : photon;

IUPAC definition : Particle of zero charge, zero rest mass, spin quantum number 1, energy hν and momentum hν/c(h is the Planck constant, ν the frequency of radiation and c the speed of light), carrier of electromagnetic force.;

Details

Origin ID

P04627;

UMLS CUI

C0086805;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- optics and photonics [MeSH Descriptor]
- photonics [MeSH concept]
See also
- Compton effect [IUPAC Term]
- Planck constant [IUPAC Term]
- actinic flux [IUPAC Quantity]
- actinometer [IUPAC Term]
- biphotonic excitation [IUPAC Term]
- carrier [IUPAC Term]
- detection efficiency [IUPAC Term]
- double escape peak [IUPAC Term]
- downconversion [IUPAC Term]
- exposure [IUPAC Term]
- momentum [IUPAC Quantity]
- mono-energetic radiation [IUPAC Term]
- pair production [IUPAC Term]
- quantum [IUPAC Term]
- radiative transition [IUPAC Term]
- scattering [IUPAC Term]
- single escape peak [IUPAC Term]
- γ-quantum [IUPAC Term]
Semantic type(s)
- Substance [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Photon [NCIt concept]
- Photon (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- photons [MeSH Descriptor]
- photons [MeSH concept]

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