Re: Photons

John Kennaugh wrote:
Tom Roberts wrote:
In a very real sense photons ARE magnetic and electric fields, they don't "have" them.

That is sloppy thinking.

No, it isn't. It is rather loose terminology, in keeping with the original poster's statements.


In classical electrodynamics circa Maxwell a 'field' was a physical stress in the aether. [...]

My calendar shows 2007, not 1864. <shrug>


To say that photon are 'fields' is therefore nonsense unless you can explain what you mean by a physical 'field' consistent with an acceptance of the no aether doctrine which you endorse.

In QED, photons are the embodiment of the electromagnetic field. This _IS_ how we use these words today. You need to study MODERN physics in order to understand such things.


Tom Roberts
.