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are all Fields fundamentally similar?
If a Field is a set of possible ordered measurements of an appropriate test object in Spacetime ,is a Wave simply a propagating disturbance of this Field?
Specifically ,when we come to Electro-Magnetism are there 2 distinct Fields , the Electron Field and the Magnetic Field?
Is there (separately?) such a thing as an Electro-Magnetic Field? (I have seen this description referred to) Is it perhaps just a superposition of the two distinct Electro and Magnetic Fields?
There are also 2 important divisions, non-relativistic (needs a medium to propagate in) and relativistic (no medium so far detected)
The measurements at points in a vector field determine a potential. This is entirely distinct from the propagation of the force carrier for the field. It is related to the equations of motion for a test particle in the field.
Yes, but as Alan has pointed out elsewhere the force carrier will self-propagate.