- #1
san203
Gold Member
- 41
- 1
Hello. I started studying wave optics a while back and here is my first question
From what i understand, electric field is a region where charged particles feel the coulomb forces.
And light is basically time varying magnetic and electric waves being propagated in some medium or vacuum.
What i don't understand is how can something like an electric field be propagated in the first place?
How can it move. Isnt it supposed to be a mathematical description of Force?
Or is it something like introducing electric field at points in space with varying magnitude?
I hope i have made my question as clear as possible. Thanks.
From what i understand, electric field is a region where charged particles feel the coulomb forces.
And light is basically time varying magnetic and electric waves being propagated in some medium or vacuum.
What i don't understand is how can something like an electric field be propagated in the first place?
How can it move. Isnt it supposed to be a mathematical description of Force?
Or is it something like introducing electric field at points in space with varying magnitude?
I hope i have made my question as clear as possible. Thanks.