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The magnet inside your compass isn't charged either. Magnetic fields act on magnetic moments, not on charge (unless the charge is moving which gives you a Loren
by fsh 8y ago
The magnet inside your compass isn't charged either. Magnetic fields act on magnetic moments, not on charge (unless the charge is moving which gives you a Lorentz force).
- pitaj 8y ago> unless the charge is moving which gives you a Lorentz force Also spin
- TeMPOraL 8y ago> (unless the charge is moving which gives you a Lorentz force) Isn't this always the case, though? I mean, two objects not moving relative to each other is a very specific state and not something that can be held in practice without a negative feedback loop on their relative velocities.