Investigations in the Displacement Current of Transverse Electromagnetic Waves and Longitudinal Interactions

Abstract

The Displacement Current is a peculiar aspect of Maxwell's equation created by theoretical necessity only to be later validated through experimentation. We analyze the properties of the Displacement Current in the static condition of resulting in polarization of dielectrics and in the dynamic condition in Transverse Electromagnetic (TEM) waves. We perform this investigation to determine the role the Displacement Current has in influencing longitudinal interactions attributed to particles of light as part of the long-standing problem of physical optics known as the wave-particle duality, in addition to exploration of the theories of faster than light propagation in theoretical longitudinal modes of electric transmission attributed to the Displacement Current.