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On Thu, 10 Apr 1997 07:47:31 -0400, Chris Wagner
<wagnerc@ucunix.san.uc.edu> wrote:

>> A photon is interacting with the electromagnetic force, therefore it does
>> interact with the electrons in an atom. The only thing that the wavelength
>> of that photon does is determine how it interacts with the atom (i.e. does
>> it get absorbed, bounced out, or passed through).

>Thats what I said...

Whatever you say.

>> Neutrinos on the other hand will not interact with the electromagnetic
>> force, therefore its wavelength is completely irrelevant, because no matter
>> what wavelength it is, it won't interact.

>As far as the E field is concerned...

Yes, and this is what makes a neutrino different from a photon.

>> The neutrino only interacts with the weak (as has been pointed out to me),
>> therefore if it comes near the influence of the weak force, only then will
>> its wavelength determine its interaction with the atom.

>Yes, I agree with that.  The only other interaction is if it directly
>dead-center impacts another particle.  It doesn't care about an
>electron's
>E field but if it contacts the electrons zero-point center, something
>will happen.  Bounce.

There really is no such thing as dead centre in quantum mechanics, just
close and not-so-close.

					Yousuf Khan
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