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- Light emitted by the sun, by a lamp in the classroom, or by a candle flame is unpolarized light. Such light waves are created by electric charges that vibrate in a variety of directions, thus creating an electromagnetic wave that vibrates in a variety of directions.
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Mar 31, 2015 · We say the electromagnetic wave is oscillating because something waves as the wave passes by. Light does propagate as per the above image, but it isn't the full story. For a bit more, have a look at the Wikipedia electromagnetic radiation article and note this:
- electromagnetism - Why do electromagnetic waves oscillate ...
Here is the simple explanation as to why electromagnetic...
- Why does light have oscillating electric and magnetic fields?
You are right when you say that accelerating particles...
- electromagnetism - Why do electromagnetic waves oscillate ...
Here is the simple explanation as to why electromagnetic waves oscillate. As you probably already know, electromagnetic waves are generated by moving electrons. An electron generates an electric field.
In fact, this gives us a way of describing how the wave propagates: The wave causes a single point to oscillate, which in turn causes a wave to be generated, which then vibrates another point, and so on.
Jul 16, 2018 · Here’s why that’s important: It means that an electromagnetic wave can propagate in a vacuum, no medium necessary. It means electromagnetic waves can traverse the great expanse of nothingness between the sun and the earth.
Apr 10, 2020 · You are right when you say that accelerating particles produce, or radiate, electromagnetic waves. Light does not produce "oscillating fields", but rather it is itself an "oscillating field". Light is composed by elementary particles called photons that can be interpreted as quanta (of perturbation) of the electromagnetic field.
Electromagnetic Wave: Electromagnetic waves are a self-propagating transverse wave of oscillating electric and magnetic fields. The direction of the electric field is indicated in blue, the magnetic field in red, and the wave propagates in the positive x-direction.
A mirage is an optical illusion caused when light waves moving from the sky toward the ground are bent by the heated air. In the 1860s, Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell put the cherry on top of the light-wave model when he formulated the theory of electromagnetism.
