Field concept Definition and 16 Threads

My research is on radar images and the images are collected in several conical surfaces. These conical surfaces have the same origin, the same maximum length (max flare or max range), but different elevations angles. The images are collected on the surface of the cones only. I want to determine...

It is said (hopefully no need to give references for such a common statement) that the electromagnetic field of a given charged particle is infinite in range (albeit converging to zero as the distance goes to infinity). However, given that charged particles apparently did not exist at the...

Hello, Analogous to mass of fundamental (not composite) particles coming from interaction of those particles with the Higg's Field, does charge of fundamental particles come from interaction of those particles with some known/hypothesized fundamental field? Thank you!

A charged particle is passed through a beam splitter and progresses down two divergent paths. How does the charge field document this? Does the field recognize both components? Only one? And once the field is detected, defining which path was taken, does the field alter it's nature through...

I'm currently doing a literature review on ultracold chemistry with an emphasis on collisional theory and quantum phenomena. I'm an undergraduate physics major, and I'd start my discussion of this topic by moving from basic Newtonian conservation laws and concepts like Coulomb repulsion to the...

Homework Statement Hello. I am having trouble understanding this particular statement found in one of my textbooks. " Work done to move a charge along a line perpendicular to the field is zero" The Attempt at a Solution Field is a space around a charge where if we place any other charge...

This is Newton's law of universal gravitation. $$F=G\frac{m_1.m_2}{r^2}$$ Gravitational field $$g$$ is derived from this formula $$g=G\frac{m_1}{r^2}$$ This is named gravitational "field" strength. If Newton knew nothing about "field concept" and formulated his formula in the form of "action...

I am having a bit of trouble understanding something in my textbook and was wondering if you guys could help clarify. We just learned Faraday's Law that a time variant magnetic field will enduce an emf in a coil. What my textbook says is that " The electric field in the loop is NOT...

Hi there! I need some help in understanding the relationship between B and H fields and their "physical" meaning (helps me visualize problems). I'll try to be as clear as possible about my current knowledge and my questions: "Fields" do not exist, they are just a mathematical...

I have been searching the web for a good explanation of the concept of field but I failed to find a good one. Could somebody provide me with a good definition of this important concept of physics? I'm specially interested in its relation with waves. Thanks.

I've recently read about Null Identities of vector analysis. I'm having a problem in understanding what is it by "taking the curl of the grad of any scalar field is equal to zero." What is by definition of scalar field then? How would it looks like? Is position vector a scalar field? If No...

Homework Statement A ping pong ball covered with a conducting graphite coating has a mass .005 kg and a charge -4 microC. What electric field will exactly balance the weight of the ball? Homework Equations qE = mg The Attempt at a Solution I know how to get the magnitude of the...

Homework Statement Dipole in an Uniform Electric Field: torque is calculated about the position of either charge has the magnitude FLsin(x) = qELsin(x) = pEsin(x). The direction of the torque vector is into the paper such that it tends to rotate the dipole moment vector p so it aligns with...

Hi all, I'm kind of confused right now about some concepts. - Dipoles are essentially point charges of the same magnitude but different signs that are a certain distance away from each other, right? -In my textbook, they were calculating a charged particle that is on the dipole axis...

Can someone clarify the following quote? I consider it quite possible that physics cannot be based on the field concept, i.e., on continuous structures. In that case, nothing remains of my entire castle in the air, gravitation theory included, [and of] the rest of modern physics. (Albert...

If an electric field is due to 2 parallel plate conductors carrying equal and opposite charges, which plate got the higher potential, positive one or negative one? Electric potential = Q/(4*pi*ε*r) If charge, Q is negative, electric potential is negative, does it mean that the...