When 2 particles (like 2 electrons) interact, they send force particles between them. How do they know to do that?
2006-06-20 07:20:14 · 8 answers · asked by David J 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
All forces have particles associated with them. The strong force particle is called a gluon and that hold quarks together. The Electro-magnetic force particle is a photon. That is what actually interacts in a "field". My question is, how do the electrons, quarks, etc. "know" to send out the force particles?
2006-06-20 07:47:02 · update #1
this is very clear
2006-06-20 09:17:21 · answer #1 · answered by Epidavros 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oooo! LiLiLa gave a good one.
It is not "electrical" nor is it magnetism, it is a different force, all together.
The short answer to your question is that the particles know there are others around in the same way your cat "knows" to fall to the ground when you fling her out the door ... that's the way the force works.
The strong force and the weak force, as they are so cleverly named, are about particle attraction on the atomic and subatomic level. We know what they are not, but we aren't exactly sure what they are.
Hope that helps, and give the 10 to LiLiLa. She got it.
2006-06-20 14:48:04 · answer #2 · answered by Grendle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By nature they are a "force" and they exert their force on the surrounding environment. Another particle, in that environment, has its own force and the two will react accordingly. Think of magnets, their composition is polarized and depending the force they exert on one another and what that "force" is, will determine the outcome.
The interesting thing about science is it is our way of interpreting what is occuring. We define actions and behaviors based on what we see and how we can rationalize these actions/reactions. Often times we find new actions and change the fundamental theories defining them. It's all basically educated guesses :)
2006-06-20 14:34:51 · answer #3 · answered by LiLiLA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charged particles emit an electric field. They interact through this field, not through physical collisions as we think about them in the visible world.
2006-06-20 14:32:10 · answer #4 · answered by locke9k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you see when you see things with your human eyes?Do you see electrons,neutrons,or protons?Electrons are in Fringe Space.Neutrons and Protons are in node or"NO SPACE" relative to the electron.The"Spokes of the wheel Sir Newton",the area of the circle,are in sub fringe space or "subspace".When a photon slams in to a surface it turns in to glue.Glue and glueballs are in subspace.I'm seeing glue as tripolor.Photon circles like an Oreo cookie.Think of the function of a VanDeGraff generator.{so named after its effect!}There would be subspace nodes that would be exactly like our atomic nodes.These glue fields are like charged car bumpers.Magnets work like this.Each particle in its space would have a subspace relative to it.Electron subspace,neutron subspace,proton subspace to photon subspace and so on.
2006-06-20 15:59:39 · answer #5 · answered by Balthor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they interact through the electric charge that they have.
No other particles are involved.
2006-06-20 14:23:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
attraction or repulsion....just as in magnets
2006-06-20 14:30:01 · answer #7 · answered by csucdartgirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you know that they know?
2006-06-20 15:14:03 · answer #8 · answered by chanljkk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋