If photons are the carrier particle of electromagnetism, why can’t we see magnetic fields with our eyes?

Question

If photons are the carrier particle of electromagnetism, why can’t we see magnetic fields with our eyes?

In: Physics

Answer 1

I’m not sure I understand where you’re coming from. You don’t see magnetic fields or electric fields or *any* fields. In classical field theory, Photons are excitations in the electromagnetic field. *That’s* what you see.