"soft photon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: soft photons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} soft photon (plural soft photons)
  1. (physics) A photon, whose energy is too small to be detected, that is one of a cloud associated with a charged particle. Wikipedia link: soft photon Categories (topical): Physics Related terms: infraparticle
    Sense id: en-soft_photon-en-noun-Ad1KM2S5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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