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3 years ago

Is polarization possible for longitudinal waves ?

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<span>"Longitudinal" is a polarization.A massive spin-1 boson has three possible polarizations: two transverse (like a photon), and one longitudinal.For purely longitudinal waves, such as sound waves in air, which cannot be transverse, we don't speak of polarization.</span>

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