Does an Electron Attract or Absorb a Photon?

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An electron absorbs a photon. Can this be termed as attraction of some kind?
 
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not usually as the photon has no electromagnetic charge...but there is a minute gravitational attraction...
 
Naty1 said:
not usually as the photon has no electromagnetic charge...but there is a minute gravitational attraction...

So, 'what thing' facilitates this absorption. Do they just merge into each other without any underlying mechanism?
 

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