Stephen Wolfram Q&A, For Kids (and others) [April 2, 2021]
The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
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Gluons Interact With Each Other, Photons Do Not Interact
The force law of gluons is different from the force law associate with other gauge bozons, like the photon. Because glu ons interact with themselves, photons do not participate in light scattering. If you take two beams of light and shine them through each other, they'll just go straight through. But it's a very small effect for gluons. They would dramatically interact with each other. And effectively what happens is gluons make this kind of a string ofgluons between particles.
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