Examples of Force Fields
- In Newtonian gravity, a particle of mass M creates a gravitational field, where the radial unit vector points away from the particle. The gravitational force experienced by a particle of mass m is given by . This field is the force field for gravity.
- An electric field is a vector field. It exerts a force on a point charge q given by . This field is the electric force field.
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