Little Bang Posted December 30, 2006 Author Report Posted December 30, 2006 Rade, an electron will not emit a photon unless something excites it to a higher energy level so in our hypothetical universe there would be no photons. Quote
Rade Posted December 31, 2006 Report Posted December 31, 2006 Rade, an electron will not emit a photon unless something excites it to a higher energy level so in our hypothetical universe there would be no photons.OK, then if there are no photons, then the two atoms will never attract each other and your OP question is answered--there is no "force" between two atoms in your hypothetical universe since there are no photons to mediate the attractive EM effect. Correct ? Quote
Little Bang Posted December 31, 2006 Author Report Posted December 31, 2006 Rade if you can't see that there is a force between them then I do not see any purpose in our discussion. Quote
Qfwfq Posted January 2, 2007 Report Posted January 2, 2007 Try to respect other member's points Little Bang. How about virtual photons? BTW an electron doesn't have internal states, unless you count it changing to other types of lepton such as a muon. Quote
Bombadil Posted January 5, 2007 Report Posted January 5, 2007 What is the particle that is cursing the force between the atoms? It seem that you are suggesting that it is the photon.Won’t the force between the atoms cause a lose of energy in the atoms if so where is this energy coming from and won’t it eventually stop or if not stop decrease constantly. Quote
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