Lloyd said:
What better theory is there for how protons repel each other than by them shooting out photons equatorially?

I didn't know if you wanted me to respond here, or on one of the other threads (i.e., Photon Models & Simulations, Particle Structure & Motion, or Mathis' Theory: Proton-Proton Repulsion). You can cut (or copy) the link to this post, and paste it into the appropriate threads.

 

My first question about proton repulsion by photonic pressure would be: why don't we see the photons? I thought I saw Mathis saying somewhere that all matter emits photons, all the time, as black-body radiation (I think). But BB rad is a function of temperature. So at absolute zero, there isn't any. Is Mathis saying that at absolute zero, there is no Coulomb force? And that as temperature increases, so does the repulsion between protons? That just isn't correct.