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    Can two photons be at the same place at the same time?

    Since photons are bosons and do not follow the pauli exclusion principle, does this mean that two photons can be at the same place at the same time? Is it meaningful to talk about a photon 'colliding' with another photon? I mean, suppose we send two photons of the same color towards each...
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    Muons result from cosmic rays, but cosmic rays are protons that decay?

    'Decaying' is spontaneous decomposition?
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    Muons result from cosmic rays, but cosmic rays are protons that decay?

    So protons can be decomposed by collisions. Right? I mean a proton (UUD) can collide and break into a pion (U/D) and other stuff too. Is this true?
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    Muons result from cosmic rays, but cosmic rays are protons that decay?

    OK. So stable means won't decay if it doesn't collide with another particle? Do protons that collide with other matter transmogrify into pions, and then the pions decay into muons? Does the proton ever disappear or turn into something else?
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    Muons result from cosmic rays, but cosmic rays are protons that decay?

    I am wondering how Muons are manufactured. Wikipedia says they're the decay products of cosmic rays, and that cosmic rays are usually high energy protons. So a high energy proton (cosmic ray) decays into a muon after colliding with matter on earth. How is consistent with the fact that...
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    Does a photon that has been absorbed still exist?

    Thanks Shyan.
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    Does a photon that has been absorbed still exist?

    I am trying to understand what is meant by the phrase 'absorbed and emitted bosons'. Is it the same as destroyed and created? Suppose we have an electron in an atom at energy-level1. The electron 'absorbs' a photon (its kinetic energy) and is put into energy-level3. Does the photon still exist...
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