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: Received: 22 September 2022 / Approved: 26 September 2022 / Online: 26 September 2022 (11:04:47 CEST)
How to cite:
Tawfik, S. The Electromagnetic Wave Without a Magnetic Component: A Thought Experiment. Preprints2022, 2022090396. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202209.0396.v1
Tawfik, S. The Electromagnetic Wave Without a Magnetic Component: A Thought Experiment. Preprints 2022, 2022090396. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202209.0396.v1
Tawfik, S. The Electromagnetic Wave Without a Magnetic Component: A Thought Experiment. Preprints2022, 2022090396. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202209.0396.v1
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Tawfik, S. (2022). The Electromagnetic Wave Without a Magnetic Component: A Thought Experiment. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202209.0396.v1
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Tawfik, S. 2022 "The Electromagnetic Wave Without a Magnetic Component: A Thought Experiment" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202209.0396.v1
Abstract
The well-known coupling between the magnetic and electric fields in electromagnetic radiation is revisited in light of the recent introduction of a microscopic theory for the Ørsted magnetic field induction. I argue that, if the Ørsted magnetic field induction does indeed have a microscopic origin rather than the continuum solution offered by the Maxwell-Ampere equation, the "electromagnetic wave"' propagating in vacuum will not have a magnetic component.
Keywords
foundations of physics; electrodynamics; electromagnetic wave; magnetic field; electric field; Ampere; Biot-Savart
Subject
Physical Sciences, Particle and Field Physics
Copyright:
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