What happens as a result of the interaction of cosmic electromagnetic radiation with particles of the interstellar medium
September 23, 2020 | Education
| What happens as a result of the interaction of cosmic electromagnetic radiation with particles of the interstellar medium: an electron, an atom, a molecule?
When an electromagnetic wave interacts with an electron, scattering of photons occurs, since absorption and emission of a photon cannot occur during such an interaction. Freely moving atoms and molecules can absorb and emit.
