[Phys-L] Re: What IS a field? (Was Re: Physics (chem.) Humor)

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

A statice electric or magnetic field has no "particle properties" that I
am awawre of and is not carried by photons.
                                Regards,
                                        Jack

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, RAUBER, JOEL wrote:

> | The more I learn about fields the more confused I am about
> | them.  Do the particles create the fields or do the fields
> | create the particles?  Does that question even make sense?
> | What IS a field?
>
> I suppose a short glib answer might be that one simply can not
> distinguish between the particle(s) and the field that represents them.
> The electromagnetic field are particles of photons and vice-versa.
>
> ________________________
> Joel Rauber
> Department of Physics - SDSU
>
> Joel.Rauber@sdstate.edu
> 605-688-4293

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