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Yousuf Khan wrote:
> 
> Chris Wagner <wagnerc@ucunix.san.uc.edu> wrote in article
> <3341FAC8.35B4@ucunix.san.uc.edu>...
> 
> > > It's not a question of wavelength. It's a question of their having no
> > > interest in any of the force fields associated with matter except the
> > > weak nuclear force. Photons interact with any charged particle they
> > > come within spitting distance of.
> >
> > But it is.  Adsorption criteria is strickly wavelength.  If a photon is
> > the wrong wavelength it will not be absorbed.  Witness glass.
> 
> 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...

> 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...

> 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.