Pop quiz - electron magnetic field - dynamic or static

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The discussion revolves around the nature of the magnetic field associated with a moving electron, exploring whether this field is dynamic or static. Participants consider various implications of the electron's motion on its magnetic field and the existence of an aether, as well as the relationship between the electron and its electrostatic field.

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  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • One participant questions whether the magnetic field of a moving electron is fixed to the electron and induces an electrostatic potential in a perpendicular wire.
  • Another participant challenges the idea by asking what the magnetic field of the electron is in a frame where the electron is at rest.
  • A participant suggests that the concept of an electron is intertwined with its electrostatic field, implying that the electron cannot be considered separately from its field.
  • There is a proposal that the magnetic field and the electron are manifestations of a single activity of the aether, although this is noted as a more complex idea than the original question.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express differing views on the nature of the magnetic field associated with a moving electron, with no consensus reached on the implications of these ideas or the existence of an aether.

Contextual Notes

Some claims rely on assumptions about the nature of the electron and its fields, and the discussion includes speculative elements that are not universally accepted.

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An electron in motion carries a magnetic field ...

Quiz question:--

1. Does its magnetic field travel fixed to the electron, and is therefor a -moving- magnetic field and induces an electrostatic potential in a perpendicular wire reaching-but-not-preventing the electron...?

2. If not, Does this prove the existence of an absolute aether (not necessarily constant or stable) in which the magnetic field exists as the consequence of a passing electron ... or conversely existing...?

3. Or, Does an electrostatic potential exist solely by the passing electron "pushing" its way passed...?

Ray.
 
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RaymondKennethPetry said:
An electron in motion carries a magnetic field ...
Oh really? Answer this: In a frame in which the electron is at rest, what is its magnetic field?
 
Obviously, its presence ... but that's another quiz question topic-thread, on the structure of the electron itself in space ...

Think about: Does an electron exist apart from its electrostatic field?- No.

Then it is not an electron affected by an electric field but the electron's field, so affected ...

There is no electron, there is no magnetic field: The field is one, and is an activity of the aether ... But that's a harder answer than the original question, so please, stay with the topic: "An electron...carries a magnetic field" ... the motion was in the premise not the question.

REF: < link deleted >

Ray.
 
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