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Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133
Is magnetism like radiation in which there is particle such as photons that carry it through space?
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Now you have asked a very, very important question...
Magnetic attraction and
magnetic repulsion, as we see between two permanent magnets, are
NOT the same thing as
electromagnetic radiation. In order to avoid confusion between electromagnetic radiation, in a side, and magnetic attraction and magnetic repulsion, in the other side, I avoid using the word "magnetism", and prefer to use the terms magnetic attraction and magnetic repulsion.
Electromagnetic radiation, no matter the frequency (radio waves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays), presents the
wave-particle duality behavior, and regarding the "particle" in that duality it has a
force carrier particle that is called
photon.
Well, the photons of electromagnetic radiation have
no known direct participation in the phenomenon of magnetic attraction or in the phenomenon of magnetic repulsion. Photons are NOT the "force carrier" particle of magnetic attraction and magnetic repulsion. So, what is the "force carrier" particle of magnetic attraction and magnetic repulsion? I don't know. I have read some claims that a thing called "virtual photons" are the "force carrier" particle of magnetic attraction and magnetic repulsion, but I'm not very sure about that being right.
So, this is a very good question:
what is the "force carrier" particle of magnetic attraction and magnetic repulsion?
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