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Question
I was wondering whether the electragnetic fields
around people and animals have been proven to emit a form of
light or if some people may just perceive this as having light. Thanks.
You mean electromagnetic. Electromagnetic fields around people are 1) extremely weak and 2) extremely low frequency. They don't emit light or anything which could be perceived as light. If someone perceives light coming from a person or animal, they have a neurological or psychological condition causing it.
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Steve Nelson
Expertise
Fusion, solar flares, cosmic rays, radiation in space, and stellar physics questions. Generally, nuclear-related astrophysics, but I can usually point you in the right direction if it's not nuclear-related or if it's nuclear but not astrophysics.
Experience
Currently a physics professor at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Doctoral dissertation was on a reaction in CNO-cycle fusion, worked in gamma-ray astronomy in the space science division of the naval research laboratory in the high-energy space environment branch.
Organizations
Physics professor at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.
Education/Credentials
Ph.D. in physics, research was on nuclear fusion reactions important in stellar fusion.
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