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storm4438
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Hey,
I just remember reading about how the magnetic force can be thought of as a relativistic effect in the sense that the moving charge will see the charges in the wire contract and so it will see a higher density of positive (or negative) charges along the wire. However if this is true how would a single charge moving generate a magnetic field? since the effect is due to the other charge seeing a greater aggregate of charges while moving.
If my question isn't clear ill try to re-word it
thanks
-Storm
I just remember reading about how the magnetic force can be thought of as a relativistic effect in the sense that the moving charge will see the charges in the wire contract and so it will see a higher density of positive (or negative) charges along the wire. However if this is true how would a single charge moving generate a magnetic field? since the effect is due to the other charge seeing a greater aggregate of charges while moving.
If my question isn't clear ill try to re-word it
thanks
-Storm