What are the causes of magnetism?

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The discussion centers on the causes of magnetism, specifically how moving charges create magnetic fields. It highlights that the scientific understanding of the exact mechanisms behind this phenomenon remains incomplete. One explanation involves the concept of frames of reference, where a magnetic field in one frame can be perceived as an electric field in another. Despite this explanation, some participants express confusion about the underlying principles. Overall, the complexities of magnetism and its relation to electric fields continue to challenge comprehension.
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In classical E&M moving charges create B fields.
 


what happens in the motion of charges that magnetic fields are created?
 


To be honest I don't think science knows the answer to that question right now, But i could be worng
 

Thread 'How to picture the vector potential?'

Susskind (in The Theoretical Minimum, volume 1, pages 203-205) writes the Lagrangian for the magnetic field as ##L=\frac m 2(\dot x^2+\dot y^2 + \dot z^2)+ \frac e c (\dot x A_x +\dot y A_y +\dot z A_z)## and then calculates ##\dot p_x =ma_x + \frac e c \frac d {dt} A_x=ma_x + \frac e c(\frac {\partial A_x} {\partial x}\dot x + \frac {\partial A_x} {\partial y}\dot y + \frac {\partial A_x} {\partial z}\dot z)##. I have problems with the last step. I might have written ##\frac {dA_x} {dt}...
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Thread 'Griffith, Electrodynamics, 4th Edition, Example 4.8. (Second part)'

Thread 'Griffith, Electrodynamics, 4th Edition, Example 4.8. (Second part)'

I am reading the Griffith, Electrodynamics book, 4th edition, Example 4.8. I want to understand some issues more correctly. It's a little bit difficult to understand now. > Example 4.8. Suppose the entire region below the plane ##z=0## in Fig. 4.28 is filled with uniform linear dielectric material of susceptibility ##\chi_e##. Calculate the force on a point charge ##q## situated a distance ##d## above the origin. In the page 196, in the first paragraph, the author argues as follows ...
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