That's my question. Can photons actually "hit" electrons? I remember Feynman diagrams with electrons and photons, but that was about photons <-> electron, posi

That's my question. Can photons actually "hit" electrons? I remember Feynman diagrams with electrons and photons, but that was about photons <-> electron, positron pairs. Free electrons accelerated laterally by magnetic fields emit ynchrotron radiation. But does that work in reverse? I've never heard of that. But again, IANAP.