PSY 3108 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Rayleigh Scattering, Mie Scattering, Emission Spectrum
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Light is electromagnetic ratiation: a type of moving energy field. Certain phenomena, such as diffraction, indicate wave-like motion. However, according to this theory all waves must occur as deformation of a. Wave theory: by this point, known that many basic properties of light can also be. If intensity of electric field is oscillating along vertical axis, the magnetic field will. Light is two-part waveform, because the electric field generates magnetic field, and. Moving energy field composed of both oscillating electrical and magnetic field. Movement of photons produces oscillating electric and magnetic fields that move in. Fluctuating electric and magnetic fields represent waves moving through space. Electromagnetic waves represent fluctuation in electric or magnetic force field as same directoin as photon. The electric and magnetic fields are linked, and lie perpendicular to each other oscillate along horizontal axis function of space or distance they"re perpendicular, so the waveform is 3d wavelength: full cycle of electrical field (represented by lambda).