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Originally Posted by Little Bang
I think everyone made a good effort at helping me out and I appreciate it. Those efforts have I think, illustrated my point. We do not have an understanding of the steps that produce a photon. The equations work beautifully but they do not paint (the picture is worth a thousand words). In my opinion we are missing an important piece of information about the relationship between the electron and proton. What that might be I don't know. I hope that someone somewhere will answer that question before I die.
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Ok I will try a different tack,
The atom consists of the nucleus and electrtons
these electrons around the atomic nucleus can only exist at certain energy levels.
For simplicity we can call these energy levels 'Shells'
When an electron 'jumps' between 'Shells' it releases an electromagnetic wave in other words a 'photon' given by the relationship E=hv.
The link between electrons and protons is they are both fermions with half integer spin.
I hope this helps
Peace
