Momentum of Light in a Dielectric Medium
Peter W. Milonni,Robert W. Boyd +1 more
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In this paper, the authors review different expressions that have been proposed for the stress tensor and for the linear momentum of light in dielectric media, focusing on the Abraham and Minkowski forms.Abstract:
We review different expressions that have been proposed for the stress tensor and for
the linear momentum of light in dielectric media, focusing on the Abraham and
Minkowski forms. Analyses of simple models and consideration of available
experimental results support the interpretation of the Abraham momentum as the
kinetic momentum of the field, while the Minkowski momentum is the recoil momentum of
absorbing or emitting guest atoms in a host dielectric. Momentum conservation
requires consideration not only of the momentum of the field and of recoiling guest
atoms, but also of the momentum the field imparts to the medium. Different model
assumptions with respect to electrostriction and the dipole force lead to different
expressions for this momentum. We summarize recent work on the definition of the
canonical momentum for the field in a dielectric medium.read more
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A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
TL;DR: The most influential nineteenth-century scientist for twentieth-century physics, James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) demonstrated that electricity, magnetism and light are all manifestations of the same phenomenon: the electromagnetic field as discussed by the authors.
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Classical Electrodynamics (2nd edn)
TL;DR: The present edition of this now classic text offers substantial refinements and improvements over the first edition and includes some new material as mentioned in this paper, including an improved derivation of the macroscopic equations, monopoles, causality and dispersion relations, signal propagation in a dispersive media.
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The effect of collisions upon the Doppler width of spectral lines
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