How does an electron absorb a photon if a photon is so much larger than an electron?

Before we answer the question, let’s first get some things straight.

Photons cannot be spatially located until they interact with a measuring instrument. Photons can be presented to observers in waves or particles depending on the type of measurement. Photons can be presented as particles if they are distributed over time into patterns that follow the wave mechanics laws.

Photons can present themselves as waves and possess both momentum and energy. This allows them to interact with electrons and atoms like solid particles. Their frequencies can be multiplied by the Planck constant, and then divided by the speed of light squared.

What is the bottom line?

Photons possess unique properties that aren’t found in objects at the scales we experience. Individual photons are not subject to the same quantum world as humans. People don’t have any natural intuition. The existence of photons is something that humans will never understand.

Photon waves can engulf atoms in a thorough manner as they travel over, through and around atoms. However, certain discrete energies that are resonant to the energies certain electrons have caused some photons to become micro-cannonballs. These photons act to free electrons from their paths. They even kick certain resonant electrons within atoms into higher energy states. These photons lose lots of energy as they are deflected. The frequency of the photon decreases, its path is deflected and its energy sinks. A photon can become nothing if it is exposed to enough energy.

It is called Compton scattering

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What is a photon then?

Magnetic fields drive metal coils and power plants. The magnets cause electrons within the coils to move with enough force to power large cities.

The process of making photons is reversed. To create magnetic waves of electricity, shake electrons vigorously. The magnetic field generates an orthogonal electrical field as it oscillates. It produces electromagnetic light.

It is invisible when it emits radio waves. It is hot when it produces infrared. Certain frequencies are visible to the naked eye. High-frequency light, which humans cannot detect, can create cell-destroying wallops that are enough energy to cause cancer. Photons close to a nucleus may create electron-positron pair

The answer to your question is that electrons don’t absorb photons. They can make them or decrease them. However, they can also absorb photons’ energy until it stops being there.

Another interesting fact: 1E90 photons are present in the universe. These photons were only released after the big bang, but they are still there.

The universe vibrates with low frequency light. It is so saturated that it is almost invisible. This is because the universe has been stretched over billions of year by the expansion space.

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