Sunday, May 26, 2019

electromagnetism - How is a spherical electromagnetic wave emitted from an antenna described in terms of photons?


When an atenna transmits radiowaves isn't it true that the electromagnetic pulse is radiated away from the accelerating electron as a spherical wave in all directions simultaneously, and if so how can the associated photon be "everywhere" on this rapidly expanding sphere?





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classical mechanics - Moment of a force about a given axis (Torque) - Scalar or vectorial?

I am studying Statics and saw that: The moment of a force about a given axis (or Torque) is defined by the equation: $M_X = (\vec r \times \...