48. E-field: the electric field or electric intensity E. That field on a spinning charged mass which produces an electrical force, hence linear motion of the charge. (In the new theory, the E-field CONSISTS OF the spinning charged mass, moving through a finite change in electrostatic scalar potential, and thus there is a more fundamental generatrix of FORCE.) Defined as the force per unit charge (i.e., per unit of charged mass). On a free electron, there may exist two separate E-fields, one in the direction of motion of the electron (normally due to voltage); and one at right angles to the electron's motion, due to the time derivative of the A-field. |