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Electromagnetic interaction

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Summary

The interaction of electrically charged matter and the electromagnetic field, described quantum mechanically by QED.

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Fundamental interactionElectromagnetic interaction

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Authored explanation

Electromagnetism is one of the four conventionally fundamental interactions.

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Photon fieldElectromagnetic interaction

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The photon field is the quantum gauge field of electromagnetism; perturbative internal photon propagators organize interactions but are not classical constituents.

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A theory, law, or interaction describes the behavior of the target within a stated regime. The edge detail must state important limits or qualifications.

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Quantum electrodynamicsElectromagnetic interaction

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QED describes electromagnetic interactions of charged quantum fields and photons.

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A theory, law, or interaction describes the behavior of the target within a stated regime. The edge detail must state important limits or qualifications.

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Electromagnetic interactionAtom

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Electromagnetic attraction between electrons and nuclei binds atoms; quantum mechanics determines stable states and spectra.

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The source field, particle, charge, current, or interaction couples to, acts on, binds, forms, or stabilizes the target in the stated regime. The edge label and detail must identify the exact coupling, interaction, or binding claim and its qualifications.

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Electromagnetic interactionAtomic nucleus

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Electromagnetic repulsion among protons contributes to nuclear energies and limits heavy-nucleus stability.

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The source field, particle, charge, current, or interaction couples to, acts on, binds, forms, or stabilizes the target in the stated regime. The edge label and detail must identify the exact coupling, interaction, or binding claim and its qualifications.

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Electromagnetic interactionChemical bond

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Chemical bonding arises from the quantum-mechanical electromagnetic interaction of electrons and nuclei, including exchange and correlation effects; it is not an additional fundamental interaction.

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The source field, particle, charge, current, or interaction couples to, acts on, binds, forms, or stabilizes the target in the stated regime. The edge label and detail must identify the exact coupling, interaction, or binding claim and its qualifications.

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Electromagnetic interactionElectromagnetic atomic binding

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Atomic binding is the low-energy electromagnetic interaction of nuclei and electrons.

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A more specific theory, model, entity class, or regime is obtained by restricting or extending the scope of a broader framework.

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Electromagnetic interactionElectronic condensed-matter system

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Electromagnetic interactions among electrons and nuclei underlie ordinary binding and electronic response in condensed matter, although effective low-energy models may encode screening, exchange, and lattice-mediated interactions rather than retain the bare Coulomb form.

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The source field, particle, charge, current, or interaction couples to, acts on, binds, forms, or stabilizes the target in the stated regime. The edge label and detail must identify the exact coupling, interaction, or binding claim and its qualifications.

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Electromagnetic interactionMolecule

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Molecular binding arises from quantum states of electrons and nuclei interacting electromagnetically, together with nuclear motion and symmetry constraints.

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The source field, particle, charge, current, or interaction couples to, acts on, binds, forms, or stabilizes the target in the stated regime. The edge label and detail must identify the exact coupling, interaction, or binding claim and its qualifications.

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Electromagnetic interactionNuclear Coulomb interaction

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Electromagnetism produces proton–proton Coulomb repulsion and smaller electromagnetic nuclear corrections.

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A more specific theory, model, entity class, or regime is obtained by restricting or extending the scope of a broader framework.

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