How does a photon carry force?

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presario

May 2, 2010

Frame Dragger said:

Yes, that is the whole point, with QED picture there is no "action at a distance" since I said that force is change in momentum, anything that carries momentum can exert a force by passing on the momentum.
Every photon can only be specified by its momentum and its polarization

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