Eli5: Why can’t the wave-like behavior of photons through a slit be explained by the photon coming too close to the edge of the slit, being influenced by gravity or the strong nuclear force of the atoms in the slit material, thus causing it to change it’s trajectory and only appear wave-like?
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The short answer is that the four fundamental forces “affect” only their corresponding aspect of matter (mass, charge, etc.). Gravity doesn’t pull against charge, it only pulls against mass (photons don’t have mass), and electromagnetism doesn’t pull against mass it only pulls against electrical charge.
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