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goldbloom55
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I'm trying to get a deeper understanding of how two particles such as protons interact with each other. In high school physics, I was told that they give off a field, which is felt by the charges, and then repels them.
My first question is, if I fire two protons at each other head on (lets assume their velocity is not great enough to cause impact to simplify the situation) does their deceleration, and then acceleration away from each other produce electromagnetic radiation (from my understanding, photons)? If so, this would mean that the repulsion is a nonelastic interaction.
Also, I've read that charged particles interact with each other by exchanging photons with each other. From my understanding (somewhat of a leap from what I've read), if a proton is near another proton, they will fire photons at each other, causing them to accelerate away from each other.
My first question is, if I fire two protons at each other head on (lets assume their velocity is not great enough to cause impact to simplify the situation) does their deceleration, and then acceleration away from each other produce electromagnetic radiation (from my understanding, photons)? If so, this would mean that the repulsion is a nonelastic interaction.
Also, I've read that charged particles interact with each other by exchanging photons with each other. From my understanding (somewhat of a leap from what I've read), if a proton is near another proton, they will fire photons at each other, causing them to accelerate away from each other.