Author:
Tombe, Frederick David
Category:
Research Papers
Sub-Category:
Mechanics / Electrodynamics
Date Published:
July 22, 2024
Keywords:
vortices, dielectric, electron-positron sea, aether, electric fluid, James Clerk Maxwell, electromagnetism, electromagnetic waves, sinusoidal solutions, plane waves
Abstract:
In 1873, Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell proposed the plane wave theory of electromagnetic radiation, whereby mutually perpendicular oscillating electric and magnetic fields propagate at the speed of light, in phase with each other and perpendicular to the propagation direction. Meanwhile, since Maxwell’s curl equations imply that the electric and magnetic fields in an electromagnetic wave are actually out of phase by ninety degrees, this discrepancy will now be investigated.
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