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What puzzles me is where the photon goes when it bumps up the energy of the electron, and what does it look like when the electron shell drops back down. I real
by wwarner 7y ago
What puzzles me is where the photon goes when it bumps up the energy of the electron, and what does it look like when the electron shell drops back down. I realize too much "realism" in QM is just a waste of effort, but I keep seeing the field sort of pinching off a photon.
- qtplatypus 7y agoThe photon goes into the energy of the electron. Because mass and energy are the same thing the mass of the photon is converted into the energy of the electrons new state.