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Oct 11, 2020 at 5:15 comment added anna v We only "see" particles, know they exists, , by their interactions,. whether electrons,or atoms or molecules. That is why I gave the example above. Charged particles like the electron are seen in cloud and bubble chambers by the tracks they leave when interacting with a medium. see here physics.stackexchange.com/questions/520183/…
Oct 11, 2020 at 4:56 vote accept Vishwas Sharma
Oct 11, 2020 at 4:54 comment added Vishwas Sharma Maybe I wasn't clear enough and I'm sorry about that. Like an electron, the photon is a particle, right? So apart from observing and confirming its presence by measuring it's properties can I theoretically ever see the particle? Now I might be the dumbest person on PSE but is it possible?
Sep 26, 2020 at 18:59 comment added Árpád Szendrei Really nice answer.
Sep 26, 2020 at 9:08 history answered anna v CC BY-SA 4.0