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Volume 16: Number 3: Article 2
Can Longitudinal Electromagnetic Waves Exist?
Gerhard W. Bruhn, Darmstadt University of Technology, Department
of Mathematics, Darmstadt, Germany
In discussions on electro smog, K. Meyl has proposed to consider the
"dangerous" scalar waves in addition to Hertzian waves. But we have
already shown in a previous paper that, indeed, Meyl's scalar waves
cannot cause any harm, to anybody—since they do not exist. Some
readers have interpreted Meyl's scalar waves to be identical with longitudinal
electromagetic waves, but this is not clear due to Meyl's inconsistencies;
e.g., his splitting the wave equation is erroneous. Therefore, to calm
down our worried readers, below we shall prove that longitudinal electromagnetic
waves are harmless as well by recalling a well-known classical result:
Plane longitudinal electromagnetic waves do not exist. We supplement
this by showing that longitudinal spherical electromagnetic waves have
the same pleasant property: They don't exist.
Keywords: electromagnetism
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Can Longitudinal Electromagnetic Waves Exist?
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