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    Thank you again for speaking up, I appreciate it. I'm stepping back from posting. My questions...

    Thank you again for speaking up, I appreciate it. I'm stepping back from posting. My questions sit at the edge of wave mechanics and particle physics, and I'm worried I'll connect something to my own work and accidentally cross one of PF's lines I've had Zenodo downloads from MIT and UMass...
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    Thank you for speaking up for me. I really appreciate it. I just want to ask questions and learn...

    Thank you for speaking up for me. I really appreciate it. I just want to ask questions and learn — glad someone saw that.
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    Undergrad Mechanism of Energy Conservation in Zero-Amplitude Sum of EM Waveforms

    This was incredibly helpful — thank you. The quadrature relationship you described (E and B 90° out of phase, nodes displaced by 1/4 wavelength) helped me solve something I'd been stuck on. I've been exploring energy drainage in bound systems — how energy at high harmonics flows down to...
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    Undergrad Mechanism of Energy Conservation in Zero-Amplitude Sum of EM Waveforms

    That's helpful — so in a standing wave, E and B are in quadrature (90° phase offset) and the energy oscillates between electric and magnetic storage, but the total remains constant. Does this extend to three-phase systems? With three waves at 120° separation: Amplitudes sum to zero (like...
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    Undergrad What determines if wave components are independent vs coherent?

    Thanks — that makes sense for two waves. But here's what prompted my question: In three-phase electrical systems, the phases are definitely not independent (same source, fixed 120° relationship). Yet we sum the powers, not the amplitudes. So is the distinction not "independent vs coherent"...
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    Undergrad Mechanism of Energy Conservation in Zero-Amplitude Sum of EM Waveforms

    "You're right, I shouldn't have said 'remember.' What I meant is that during superposition, each component wave retains its energy and momentum — the net zero amplitude doesn't mean zero energy. Is that consistent with Poynting's theorem?"
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    Undergrad Mechanism of Energy Conservation in Zero-Amplitude Sum of EM Waveforms

    This question connects to something I've been working through. Two waves at 180° — complete cancellation, energy seems to vanish. That's the puzzle you're describing. But consider three waves at 120° separation: Amplitudes still sum to zero:A₁ + A₂ + A₃ = 0 But energy is proportional to...
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    Undergrad What determines if wave components are independent vs coherent?

    I'm working through something and want to make sure I understand the physics. In a system with three wave components at 120° phase separation, the total energy calculation depends on how we treat them: If coherent (add amplitudes first, then square): E = (A₁ + A₂ + A₃)² = 0 If independent...
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    New Member Introduction — Independent Researcher in Wave Mechanics

    Hi everyone, I'm Christian Fuccillo, independent researcher working through Magnetic Innovative Solutions. My background is in electrical engineering and applied physics. I've been exploring wave mechanics and its connections to particle physics — specifically looking at three-phase stability...