(January 30, 2022 at 10:03 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(January 30, 2022 at 8:30 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote: I think its already been mentioned, but photons absolutely do interact with electrons.
A photon is literally a quanta of electro-magnetic energy. While it does not interact with static electric or magnetic fields, it interacts with electrons by causing them to accelerate. If there is no scattering or absorption, this interaction instead delays the photon.
These interactions being the basis of lasers.
We see literally everything we see is because light interacts with electrons.