hey i have always wondered what a magnetic field is??? i mean i know a electric field is electrons and this give a electrical charge and photons are the particles of light(which is also a wave) and that is called electromagnetic radiation. but what is a magnetic field, i know it is created by electrons moving and when thier all in one direction, you have a magnet, but what is the field, is it composed of photons(wave), just like how a electric field is electrons, are the electric and magnetic fields the same thing but just in differnt forms or is it some other particle or wave or both (electrons are also waves) . i am really confused as to what it is, i have checked google and they really dont tell you, do we not exactly. well any info would be great. thx
There is a basic misunderstanding implicit in your question. A photon does not have either an electric or a magnetic field associated with it. Ever. A photon is, you could say, a way of interpreting how light behaves: as a particle. electromagnetic radiation can also behave like a wave, in which case it has an electromagnetic field. But, just as you cannot ask how many particles are in an electromagnetic wave. you cannot, in general, ask questions that mix these 'metaphors', that mix these interpretations.
only can you get the right answer after you played them , others feeling might be not yours .
A magnetic field is created between two magnets or oppositely charged particles or objects. If you can imagine two magnets, separated from each other. The magnetic field is the force field that is created between the two magnets which attracts (or repels) them from each other. In this case. the magnetic field has a direction that points from the positive side of the magnet to the negative side. The field basically represents the forces created by the opposing magnets and the direction of the attraction (arrows can be drawn as a visual). I hope that helps.
Maybe, although I am not convinced
Electric fields and magnetic fields are properties ,which space with material or vacuum acquires, which can affect the electric charges or magnetic dipoles. The cause for these may be charges and/or their motion. But once they exist we need not bother about their origin, we can still predict what will happen to electric charges or magnetic dipoles in their presence. When there are some how oscillating fields are created then they have a property by which one type of field can create another type of field. Then the energy flow also takes place. This situation is called electromagnetic field. Such fields are also equivalent to particles called photons which are different from ordinary particles in many ways.
