Theoretical analysis proposes an action-at-a-distance model of electromagnetic induction without virtual photons, suggesting light diffraction arises from particulate scattering rather than wave...
In the traditional understanding of classical electromagnetic induction theory and quantum field theory, the transfer of electromagnetic energy over-distance has long been interpreted by the “virtual-photon-mediated transfer” model. This model achieves self-consistency only in mathematical computation and has no corroboration from directly detectable physical entities. Based on the core framework of the Light-Origin Theory, this paper puts forward a new core viewpoint: no mediator particles (virtual photons) travel across space to carry energy in electromagnetic-induction energy transfer. Magnetic force is a fundamental natural action-at-a-distance force that acts instantaneously; no force-carrying particles are required for its full-range action. The essential logic of electromagnetic induction is as follows: source-end energy is transformed into a full-range magnetic field, establishing a spatial field of magnetic force. Magnetic force is merely an action-at-a-distance force and is not energy itself. Only when conductors at the receiving end undergo relative displacement and cut magnetic-force lines can work done by force-displacement convert magnetic-force action into usable energy. The total work energy from the magnetic field undergoes quantitative segmentation and is distributed to micro-electrons, converting into directional kinetic energy of electrons and finally outputting converted energy. This paper also thoroughly clarifies a century-old cognitive fallacy in optics: wave-particle duality is not an objective physical nature. Light is purely particulate and has no intrinsic wave property. Each photon selects one fixed stable angle within the 360-degree range perpendicular to its propagation direction and vibrates laterally at this angle. This directional lateral vibration enables photons to strike the walls of single-slit and double-slit apertures. Refraction and scattering afterwards produce bright-and-dark fringes. Humans misinterpret this secondary optical artifact as the intrinsic wave property of light, hence the erroneous wave-particle-duality theory. Both the virtual-photon hypothesis and the wave-particle-duality fallacy are compromise models originating from insufficient human cognitive level. They fit shallow-layer engineering applications yet severely restrict fundamental-physics research. This cognitive innovation on the electromagnetic-induction energy-conversion mechanism fills the core logical gap of the Light-Origin Theory and realizes the complete closed-loop of the whole theoretical system.
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