>>>On Wed, 19 Apr 2006, Brian Blais wrote:
>>>>
>>>>But, the modern quantum description of interaction is entirely due
to particle
>>>>exchange, yes?
>>Jack Uretsky wrote:
>>
>>
>>> The answer to your question is, "No". ...
> On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
>>Huh?
>>
>>Just today (before reading the below) someone * at UCSC told me it was
>>virtual photons.
What about BC's underlying question? I also am sure I have heard from
reliable sources that the Coulomb force is mediated by the exchange of
virtual photons, although I've never really understood what was meant by
that.
Is this not an accepted view any more? Or is "exchange of virtual
particles" somehow not really the same as "due to particle exchange"?
Cheers,
--James
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