bassplayer142 said:Does a photon bounce off another photon. Say you had hundreds of watts of laser photons shooting in one direction. Then in the other direction a few stray photons. Will they get deflected off to the side or backwards? If so, then it would explain why the double slit experiment would work. That the photons are constantly bumping into each other and going separate ways. That is unless they are not deflected in the up and down axis though.
ganstaman said:Ok, so I've tried several times already, but can't seem to figure out what QED stands for. I'd guess the Q is quantum, but that's as far as I get. Can someone help me please? Thanks.
ganstaman said:Ok, so I've tried several times already, but can't seem to figure out what QED stands for. I'd guess the Q is quantum, but that's as far as I get. Can someone help me please? Thanks.
Yes, photons are able to scatter or reflect off each other. However, this is a very rare occurrence and typically only happens under very specific conditions.
Photons interact with each other through a process called electromagnetic scattering, where they can either collide and bounce off each other or pass by each other and change direction due to their electric and magnetic fields.
Yes, when two photons collide, there is a small chance that they can produce new particles such as an electron and positron pair. This is known as pair production and is an important process in particle physics.
Yes, in most cases, photons do not interact with each other and can pass through each other without any interaction. This is because they do not have an electric charge and are not affected by each other's electric and magnetic fields.
Yes, photons can bounce off each other in a vacuum. In fact, this is more likely to occur in a vacuum since there are no other particles or materials present to absorb or scatter the photons' energy.