Theoretical analysis reveals the microscopic mechanisms of Faraday electromagnetic induction, indicating that energy transmission relies on discrete photon packets and electron interactions.
Since Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction in 1831, physics has only summarized macroscopic phenomena and mathematical laws described as “moving magnetic fields cutting magnetic-force lines to induce electric current”. These findings have been successfully applied in power-engineering practice, yet the real underlying physical mechanism has never been uncovered. Over the past two centuries, conventional theories contain multiple core blind spots: they cannot explain why a stationary magnetic field produces no usable energy despite exerting force; they fail to clarify the cutting interaction mechanism between magnetic fields and coils; they cannot account for why electromagnetic energy must be transmitted in the form of discrete energy packets; and they confuse charge carriers with the substance being transmitted. Furthermore, conventional physics does not clarify why only electrons can perform energy-transmission work, while protons and neutrons cannot. To fill mechanistic gaps, classical electromagnetism adopts fictional auxiliary hypotheses patched together to achieve partial mathematical self-consistency. The virtual-photon force-carrier model is a typical example, which is inconsistent with real-world physical logic. Based on the Unified Light-Origin Physical System, this paper redefines the physical essence of electric energy. It demonstrates that magnetic-field force is an instantaneous action-at-a-distance field effect requiring no force-carrier particles. Usable energy is generated only when a magnetic field cuts coil structures and relative motion performs mechanical work. The total energy produced by work cannot be transmitted directly and must be quantized into discrete photon energy packets. Among microscopic particles in the material universe, only electrons satisfy energy-transmission conditions. This paper also distinguishes the transmitted substance from side effects induced by charge electric fields and interprets the dual physical mechanisms of electric shock. This work corrects cognitive deviations accumulated over two centuries in classical electromagnetism and closes the full logical loop for the underlying physical origin of electromagnetic induction.
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