Magnetic forces are neither attractive nor repulsive. On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Peter Sas <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
