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Article #15302Re: New Year question from Leo
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Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 18:12
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Greg Neill <gneillREM@ove.netcom.ca> wrote: >> Are Maxwell's equations compatible with virtual photons? > Maxwell's equations comprise a classical theory. > Virtual photons are part of a quantum theory. > Maxwell's equations do not specify the composition or > mechanism of the underlying electromagnetic field, but > describe the field's properties and behavior in the > classical limit. Most quantum opticans use photons constructed by quantising the vector potential inside a field mode. Each field mode is one of a set of orthonormal solutions to (classical) Maxwell's equations. So, I would say yes -- the virtual photons ``live inside'' solutions of Maxwell's equations. -- ---------------------------------+--------------------------------- Dr. Paul Kinsler Blackett Laboratory (QOLS) (ph) +44-20-759-47520 (fax) 47714 Imperial College London, Dr.Paul.Kinsler@physics.org SW7 2BW, United Kingdom. http://www.qols.ph.ic.ac.uk/~kinsle/
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