"Cecil Moore" wrote
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On Jun 29, 11:44 am, "Szczepan Bialek" wrote:
You should decide: EM or electrons. The mixture is fun.

That's an interesting idea to which I don't know the answer. Let me
rephrase the question:

Although it is known that electrons cannot flow through the dielectric
of an ideal capacitor, how about photons? Can RF photons flow directly
through the dielectric layer of a capacitor? If they can, it would
explain a lot of things.

Photons are in the real light. The natural light is not coherent. It is
emitted in the portions (packets).
Radio waves are emitted continously. Radar waves are in the portions.

Radio waves and the light photons flow directly through the dielectric layer
of a capacitor.

The difference between EM and electrons is in compressibility.
Electrons are compressed in the ends of the open circuit (condenser and
antenna). There the voltage is doubled (at least). Alternate electric field
is created. It is radio wave. The longitudinal electric wave.

In Heaviside EM (hydraulic analogy) incompressible current (real +
displacement) create the magnetic whirl.
The oscillating magnetic whirl is the transverse wave.

Electrons are simple. Heaviside did not understand Maxwell and made a
complete mess.
S*