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The confusion and self-contradiction among recent critics of theB (3) (Evans-Vigier) field are analysed. Barron [17] and Buckingham [18] assert that the field is zero by symmetry. Grimes [21] asserts that the field isnon-zero butfortuitous. Lakhtakia in one paper [19] asserts thatB (3) isnon-zero butnot fundamental, and in a second paper that it isunknowlable and therefore may as well be zero. A rebuttal is given of each the individual papers, and it is shown that the Evans-Vigier field is the fundamental magnetizing field of electromagnetic radiation.
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Evans, M.W. Reply to criticisms of theB (3) field. Found Phys Lett 8, 563–573 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02186247
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