sci.physics.electromag

FrediFizzx wrote:
> "Sam Wormley" wrote in message
> news:Z26Hj.95442$yE1.55690@attbi_s21...
>> shsfowcnvrt@mailinator.com wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I wanted to ask for an explanation on the relationship between photons
>>> and electrons when it comes to visible light and electromagnetic
>>> radiation.
>>>
>>
>> Read Feynman's Book QED... it is accessible to the educated layman.
>>
>>
>> 1. photons are emitted (by charged particles)
>> 2. photons propagate at c
>> 3. photons are absorbed (by charged particles)
>
> To be technically correct, photons are never emitted or absorbed by a
> single charged particle but that language is used loosely. It is the
> energy-momentum that is emitted or absorbed. Photons are created or
> destroyed in an interaction with charged particles.
>
> Best,
>
> Fred Diether
> Co-moderator sci.physics.foundations

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