- #1
intothefire
- 9
- 0
hi,
I have read that the process of repulsion between two similar charges, such as two electrons, is mediated by the exchange of a photon. This photon somehow merges with the nearby electron and somehow directs the electron to move in the opposite direction. Is this correct?
I don't quite understand how this might work though. If the exchange of photons is the only method by which information is exchanged between the two electrons which represents the phenomenon of electromagnetic repulsion; then how does the emitted photon from the one electron know in which direction and speed to travel to order to intercept the neighboring approaching second electron?
Is there something implicit here about the fabric of spacetime that tells both electrons where each one is positioned in relation to the other electron? Something related to loop quantum gravity perhaps or some similar theory?
thanks for your time
I have read that the process of repulsion between two similar charges, such as two electrons, is mediated by the exchange of a photon. This photon somehow merges with the nearby electron and somehow directs the electron to move in the opposite direction. Is this correct?
I don't quite understand how this might work though. If the exchange of photons is the only method by which information is exchanged between the two electrons which represents the phenomenon of electromagnetic repulsion; then how does the emitted photon from the one electron know in which direction and speed to travel to order to intercept the neighboring approaching second electron?
Is there something implicit here about the fabric of spacetime that tells both electrons where each one is positioned in relation to the other electron? Something related to loop quantum gravity perhaps or some similar theory?
thanks for your time