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Name: Katie
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Age: 16
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Date: 1999
Question:
Light is affected by a magnetic field, does that mean that a photon has a charge?

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A photon does not have a charge, but it does have electric and magnetic fields. These fields are perpendicular to each other and in phase. These fields can interact with other fields.

Richard E. Barrans Jr., Ph.D.


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