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0 pointsakomtu4y ago0 comments

That's the model of photon, not the photon itself. A mathematical photon cannot decay. What prevents a photon from hitting a quantum bump on its way between galaxies and become an electron?

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cozzyd4y ago

Indeed ultra high energy photons "decay" by interacting with the CMB.

ben_w4y ago

Using the word “decay” to include that feels like it can’t be right.

But I’m not a proper physicist, just an amateur.

cozzyd4y ago

Yeah, you're right, it's not the right word at all!

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0 pointsakomtu4y ago0 comments

That's the model of photon, not the photon itself. A mathematical photon cannot decay. What prevents a photon from hitting a quantum bump on its way between galaxies and become an electron?

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cozzyd4y ago

Indeed ultra high energy photons "decay" by interacting with the CMB.

ben_w4y ago

Using the word “decay” to include that feels like it can’t be right.

But I’m not a proper physicist, just an amateur.

cozzyd4y ago

Yeah, you're right, it's not the right word at all!

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j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse