The illustration gives a depth to the standing wave as it would appear to be in water where incoming waves are observed to create vertical standing waves. However for atoms the waves have no depth as they are oscillating north and south magnetic fields.
The north south polarity of the standing wave in an emr based atom would then be observed to oscillate back and forth at many times per second. Dictated by the different incoming frequency of radiation.
Of course the argument would then be that an atoms N-S polarity is not observed to oscillate between north and south....this doesn't explain polarity of each end of the axis of magnetism nor does it explain how such a model could explain opposing n-n fields for instance.
But maybe it could. One possibility is that any atom that oscillates at one frequency will always be north or south along that vertical axis. So any other nearby atom that oscillates in the same frequency but opposing polarity ( pointing down when the other atom points up) would be forced or force the two to reoriente so that they were both oscillating at the same frequency with the same polarity in the same direction.. The polarity being that both would have to be oriented so that generally both point up or down *at the same time*.
So in summary, all atoms oscillate their magnetic fields rapidly between north and south. And the observed polarity comes from when an atoms north south field is oscillating at the same time or opposite to an adjacent atom.
If at the same time then both atoms will orient themselves along the same axis. If opposite then the two will orient themselves on the same axis but one will flip over so that its north is always up when the others North Pole is also up.
Seperate to this is another possible explanation of which I have more recently contemplated. If wave electromagnetic radiation from the rest of the infinitely large universe creates the standing wave of the atom at one point in space. Then this radiation could be only from sources where the motion of the source is away from the atom. And travelling away at a speed of exactly c, Creating a non moving wave that overlaps with non moving standing waves from other directions. (This method is easier to explain in video simulation of which I hope to soon make available. But if one looks at the above illustration. Rather than having the emr waves travelling through the center point and creating an oscillating North South polarity at its center, imagine instead those waves in the above illustration are from sources moving away at c. And thus are standing still rather than moving through the center point of the atom. Creating a magnetic pole where North always points in the same direction.) The advantage of this model is there is no oscillating waves creating the nodal center point of the atom. So the north south polarity doesn’t change and is consistent with current observations of atoms. Which always have a non changing N-S polarity. (Unlike the rapidly oscillating N-S polarisation described above in the first model on this blogpost..)
