According to my understanding, the more...atoms you have, the strong something like a magnet is, or at least the stronger the range it has. If I have two magnets made of the same material, one will have a greater range than the other. Is this because there are in fact force individual carrier particles which act upon wave mechanics and therefore combine to make more powerful ranges? Because if you look at simple sine mechanics, when you add two of the same sine wave together, the result is basically the same thing except which twice the amplitude...

The range is unaffected; e.g. electromagnetic and gravitational forces have infinite range and this is independent of charge, current or mass. The strength of the interaction changes, and is proportional to the amount of charge, current or mass.

The range is unaffected; e.g. electromagnetic and gravitational forces have infinite range and this is independent of charge, current or mass. The strength of the interaction changes, and is proportional to the amount of charge, current or mass.

 

Right, I mean they still spread out, but if they are all waves, should they combine to form higher amplitude waves? And couldn't the strength be dependent on the amount of charge or mass because of this property?

Right, I mean they still spread out, but if they are all waves, should they combine to form higher amplitude waves? And couldn't the strength be dependent on the amount of charge or mass because of this property?

 

Yes, that's exactly what happens. The interactions obey superposition, just like waves.

Yes, that's exactly what happens. The interactions obey superposition, just like waves.

 

Ok, just checking, I thought there might be some extra-dimensional theory or something more complicated than that.

Edited March 31, 201213 yr by questionposter

Wait a minute, it IS more complex that that. If force carrier particles followed wave mechanics that simply, why wouldn't they also cancel out in the presence of other fields too?