On Apr 23, 3:22*pm, Cecil Moore wrote:
Art Unwin wrote:
You based your proof of a magnetic wave in a vacuum but it is an
accelerating charge
which obviously must have mass, that is radiation ala the particle.

The accelerating charges are slow-moving electrons.
The RF current moves at the speed of light in the
(conductive) medium. Therefore, the RF current is
associated with photons emitted by the electrons.
Photons have zero rest mass and zero electric charge.
Photons are the particles associated with RF waves.
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73, Cecil, IEEE, OOTC, *http://www.w5dxp.com

You are quoting the aproach of the bookswhere it is acknowledged that
radiationn cannot fully be explained
For me I am quoting an alternative that does provide the explanation.
If current moves at the speed of light within the Universe ( the
speed of light relative to Earth is slower which creates delay
compared to the former. Insertion of Plank's constant I believe is
a metric that represents the ratio of that delay)
it imparts the same speed to a static particle when impacted, where
the acceleration is determined by Newton's law u.t +f.t sq/2. Since
the particle is static the "u.t" portion equals zero and f.t.sq/2 is
the acceleration from zero to that of the speed of current of the
particle, which is a measure of the expended kinetic energy that
creates the initial format of radiation. I state again without mass
there can be no acceleration.Period
Regards
Art