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We should be careful to distinguish interaction, correlation, annihilation and interference. Photons do not interfere. Any interference takes place at wave function level, so impacts the probability of finding a number of photons. Photons can annihilate but this requires a photon energytwo photons of a least 511 keV each in order to create an electron-positron pair. Photons can interact (scatter) via transient vacuum charge fluctuations. Finally photons can be correlated by Bose statistics.

We should be careful to distinguish interaction, correlation, annihilation and interference. Photons do not interfere. Any interference takes place at wave function level, so impacts the probability of finding a number of photons. Photons can annihilate but this requires a photon energy of a least 511 keV. Photons can interact (scatter) via transient vacuum charge fluctuations. Finally photons can be correlated by Bose statistics.

We should be careful to distinguish interaction, correlation, annihilation and interference. Photons do not interfere. Any interference takes place at wave function level, so impacts the probability of finding a number of photons. Photons can annihilate but this requires two photons of a least 511 keV each in order to create an electron-positron pair. Photons can interact (scatter) via transient vacuum charge fluctuations. Finally photons can be correlated by Bose statistics.

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We should be careful to distinguish interaction, correlation, annihilation and interference. Photons do not interfere. Any interference takes place at wave function level, so impacts the probability of finding a number of photons. Photons can annihilate but this requires a photon energy of a least 511 keV. Photons can interact (scatter) via transient vacuum charge fluctuations. Finally photons can be correlated by Bose statistics.