How Do Charges Interact Through Photon Exchange?

  • Thread starter Thread starter EroticNirvana
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Charge Propagation
EroticNirvana
Messages
25
Reaction score
0
charge and its "propagation"

if we imagine a charge. Now other "charges" can sense the presence of this charge when they are sufficiently close. This is due to temporary photons? Could some explain in a simple manner how this works? Take electric charges for instance.
 
Physics news on Phys.org
Try Richard Feynman's book "QED". It is (in my opinion) the best "simple" explanation.
 

Thread 'Quantum Entanglement is a Kinematic Fact, not a Dynamical Effect'

Insights auto threads is broken atm, so I'm manually creating these for new Insight articles. Towards the end of the first lecture for the Qiskit Global Summer School 2025, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Olivia Lanes (Global Lead, Content and Education IBM) stated... Source: https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/quantum-entanglement-is-a-kinematic-fact-not-a-dynamical-effect/ by @RUTA
View full post »

Thread 'Quantum behaviour of an electron around a positively charged sphere'

If we release an electron around a positively charged sphere, the initial state of electron is a linear combination of Hydrogen-like states. According to quantum mechanics, evolution of time would not change this initial state because the potential is time independent. However, classically we expect the electron to collide with the sphere. So, it seems that the quantum and classics predict different behaviours!
View full post »

Similar threads

B Virtual photons as force carriers
Replies
29
Views
3K
I How Do Radio Antennas Function in Quantum Mechanics?
Replies
4
Views
3K
I The electron as a smeared charge density
Replies
13
Views
3K
B Why don't emission/loss of virtual photons lower a charge's energy?
Replies
2
Views
2K
I Why do photons interact with e- but not with other photons?
Replies
19
Views
4K
I Are All Photons Truly Virtual?
Replies
6
Views
2K
I Electric and Magnetic Fields, Photons, Charges
Replies
3
Views
2K
I What is the true nature of microscopic particles when not interacting?
Replies
4
Views
2K
How does QED explain charge interaction in the macro world?
Replies
3
Views
1K
I Do Electric field lines propagate by themselves away from a charge?
2
Replies
73
Views
5K

Hot Threads

Recent Insights

Back
Top