The presence of a magnetic field is frame-dependent.
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SUPPORTED
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According to special relativity and classical electrodynamics, electric and magnetic fields mix and transform when changing reference frames, meaning the presence and magnitude of a magnetic field depend entirely on the observer's state of motion.
Evidence for · 2
Through the Looking Glass: How to Understand Electromagnetic Phenomena, Including Neural Oscillations
2025 · cited by 0
Paper 7 discusses how electromagnetic phenomena and fields transform between relative coordinate systems under special relativity.
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Fresnel reflection coefficients in the Fourier domain for a planar surface in uniform motion parallel to its interface.
2025 · cited by 0
Paper 10 calculates optical and electromagnetic fields using special relativity and classical electrodynamics for moving reference frames.