2006-11-07 21:48:15 · 5 answers · asked by sara2005_unique 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
no, electron beam does.
but light is deflected by strong gravitational field
2006-11-07 21:52:06 · answer #1 · answered by LJ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Light and magnetic fields are both made out of particles called photons, so basically what you are asking is "Can Photons Collide?"
The answer to this is yes, but it happens with a very very small probability. Basically what has to happen is that one of the photons has to temporarily transform into a virtual electron-antielectron pair, which then interacts with the other photon.
A similar process is responsible for the "Lamb Shift" in the atomic hydrogen spectrum. Since this effect is so small that it was not discovered until 1947 and the electromagnetic fields near the center of an atom are extremely high, it is unlikely that the type of magnetic fields that you are interested in would have a measureable effect on light.
Physicists interested in studying this process can use a machine called a photon-photon collider.
2006-11-09 01:12:54 · answer #2 · answered by b_physics_guy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Photons do not carry charges and thus are not deflected in a magnetic field
2006-11-08 06:08:59 · answer #3 · answered by e^x 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As said above, photons do not carry charge and are not deflected by magnetic fields.
However, they are deflected by GRAVITATIONAL fields.
2006-11-08 06:56:53 · answer #4 · answered by just "JR" 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think some type of electromagnetic field might refract lights. I'm just saying that because I saw some news about some people developing invisible materials that suppose to refract light in funnyway.
2006-11-08 05:58:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋