Answer by Russell Eaton for How can radiation be a transverse wave? Does...
EM waves are produced when atoms are made to move more quickly. Heat can do this. When EM waves are emitted from the excited atoms, the EM waves propagate in all directions of a compass (shape of a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Answer by anna v for How can radiation be a transverse wave? Does light...
But the medium for a light wave is an electirc field, and the field is 3D, it's spatial.The medium for the light wave motion is not the electric field . There are two points here:1) Light is described...
View ArticleAnswer by Dries for How can radiation be a transverse wave? Does light really...
When a wave travels through a rope, the rope goes up and down, the position of all the 'rope-particles' changes, they oscillate and this makes up the wave.With light, it is indeed the electromagnetic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How can radiation be a transverse wave? Does light really resemble a rope?...
I understand longitudinal waves. For example, I've got a clear mental modal of air waves: a slice of air becomes overcompressed, then the slice next to it becomes overcompressed and the first slice...
View Article
