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Now another question ,
We have two types of charges , positive and negative ones.
The field between them (electric field) is said to be also positive and negative , but the particle that mediates the electric and electromagnetic field is photon which has no charge.(chargeless)
Now the individual particles like protons and electrons have charge themselves but the corresponding photon made field doesn't.
The thing I don't understand is is photon is only one of a kind without a charge then how does it know when two protons need to be repelled because they are of the same charge and when a negative charged particles needs to be pulled towards a positively charged one as they tend to attract.But in both case this interaction is mediated by the field which consists of photons and photons are only one kind so how do they decide how to act in each of these two situations?
We have two types of charges , positive and negative ones.
The field between them (electric field) is said to be also positive and negative , but the particle that mediates the electric and electromagnetic field is photon which has no charge.(chargeless)
Now the individual particles like protons and electrons have charge themselves but the corresponding photon made field doesn't.
The thing I don't understand is is photon is only one of a kind without a charge then how does it know when two protons need to be repelled because they are of the same charge and when a negative charged particles needs to be pulled towards a positively charged one as they tend to attract.But in both case this interaction is mediated by the field which consists of photons and photons are only one kind so how do they decide how to act in each of these two situations?