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If the spheres of a Newton's Cradle were perfectly spherical I assume "contact" would be some minimal distance between the outer electrons of one atom of each sphere? Pulling one sphere back and releasing would result in a modest plastic deformation and subsequent minimal distance between more...

Quess my question was, "can there be a field without a particle?" I thought particles give rise to fields?

How would one determine the existence of a field in the absence of particles?

Of what then is the field composed?

So are there photons "flowing" from one end of a permanent magnet to the other? If so what determines the frequency?

Thanks.

Hi, I am a new member here. I am a non-physicist. I have been told that the electron is an elementary particle. I have been told that when an electron moves to a lower shell there is a photon emitted. If the electron is elementary where does the photon come from? Thanks in advance for your...