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Old 06-April-2006, 12:40 AM
Jeff Root Jeff Root is offline
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Originally Posted by Grey
The oscillations shown in illustrations are oscillations of the
electric and magnetic fields
Do the amplitudes of the waves represent electric and magnetic
field strengths, or extension in space of the fields? Or what?

Does a photon have extension in space in *any* direction?

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