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Yes, they are. They cannot interact directly, but they can via "virtual" electron/positron pairs (or actually any other pair of charged elementary particle + an
by pif 9y ago
Yes, they are. They cannot interact directly, but they can via "virtual" electron/positron pairs (or actually any other pair of charged elementary particle + antiparticle).
- ISL 9y agoTo expand a little -- the process is known as light-by-light scattering. Searching will turn up plenty of good references, like this one: https://home.cern/about/updates/2017/08/atlas-observes-direct-evidence-light-light-scattering https://home.cern/about/updates/2017/08/atlas-observes-direc...