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The electromagnetic field configuration does contribute energy/momentum. In general, every field that interacts with the election field contributes: an “electro
by knzhou 7y ago
The electromagnetic field configuration does contribute energy/momentum. In general, every field that interacts with the election field contributes: an “electron” stands for a complicated joint excitation of the electron, photon, W/Z boson, quark, gluon, ... quantum fields and what we call the momentum/energy of the electron is just the total of that of all of these fields.