if I burn matter light is produced. If light is produced it means that photons are evolving from it. To speak in terms of atoms, how and where are these photons stored within atom.
Well they are "stored" in the energy levels of the atom. When the electron gets exited it jumps to different energy levels and when it gets back to lower ones it emits photons. I think.
i didn't clearly understood. when electron is jumped over different energy levels at certain state it evolves energy in the form of radiation as heat or light. but my doubt is since photon is a particle what is the nature secret behind formation of photon from the energy evolved by electron.
@ivancsc1996
energy when emitted in the form of radiation for example as you say when matter burns and emits light is made up of photons. photons are not as such 'stored' anywhere in the atom. chemical bonds in a molecule and particles in the atom are vibrating/moving. when they get excited they start vibrating more vigourously. when they get de-excited, they lose this energy. This energy can be radiated in the form of electromagnetic radiation. This is made up of photons. When you burn matter, the atoms and molecules absorb heat energy, start vibrating, then get de-excited and lose back this energy and radiate it back in the form of radiation.
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