B Can a Magnetic Field Affect the Path of a Photon?

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Electrons have spin 1/2 and interact with a magnetic field. Since photons have spin 1, I suppose they also feels a force on a magnetic field. So that means that light can be deviated from its original path by a magnetic field?
 
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The important property is not spin angular momentum, but magnetic moment.
 
DrClaude said:
The important property is not spin angular momentum, but magnetic moment.
Do photons have magnetic moment?
 
Nope. No charge, dipole, or magnetic moment.
 

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