Photons are bosons, mediator particles.... The bosons mediate the forces between the fermions, the building pieces of matter... I guess what I wanna know is this: can all the foces mediated by the bosons be described as attractions or repulsions between the fermions? Or is that way too simplistic?
Op donderdag 30 oktober 2014 11:10:59 UTC+1 schreef Liz R: > > I thought the electromagnetic force was mediated by the exchange of > photons (or virtual photons). Does that involve any forces that aren't > attractive/repusive at the point of interaction (i.e. where said photons > are emitted or absorbed) ? > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
