Mueen Nawaz wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Mueen Nawaz wrote:
>>>     Fair enough. I incorrectly thought the term photon was used only 
>>> for electromagnetic phenomena.
>>
>> Could be. But isn't that kind of what we're talking about? :-)
> 
>     I use the term electromagnetic only when there's an electric field 
> coupled to a magnetic one. But I suppose that's merely my idiosyncrasy.

Probably more like because you actually studied physics. :-)

What do you call the photons that aren't coupled with both an electric 
and magnetic field?  Or no field at all, for that matter, such as 
exchange particles inside molecules?

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     Remember the good old days, when we
     used to complain about cryptography
     being export-restricted?

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