The Lorentz Force and the Radiation Pressure of Light Export

@article{citeulike:3680646, abstract = {In order to make plausible the idea that light exerts a pressure on matter, some introductory physics texts consider the force exerted by an electromagnetic wave on an electron. The argument as presented is both mathematically incorrect and has several serious conceptual difficulties without obvious resolution at the classical, yet alone introductory, level. We discuss these difficulties and propose an alternate demonstration.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Rothman, Tony and Boughn, Stephen}, citeulike-article-id = {3680646}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0807.1310}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0807.1310}, day = {21}, eprint = {0807.1310}, keywords = {electromagnetic, force, light, lorentz, pressure, radiation, waves}, month = {Nov}, posted-at = {2008-11-24 10:53:04}, priority = {4}, title = {The Lorentz Force and the Radiation Pressure of Light}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0807.1310}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3680646 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3680646 N2 - In order to make plausible the idea that light exerts a pressure on matter, some introductory physics texts consider the force exerted by an electromagnetic wave on an electron. The argument as presented is both mathematically incorrect and has several serious conceptual difficulties without obvious resolution at the classical, yet alone introductory, level. We discuss these difficulties and propose an alternate demonstration. TI - The Lorentz Force and the Radiation Pressure of Light KW - electromagnetic KW - force KW - light KW - lorentz KW - pressure KW - radiation KW - waves AU - Rothman, Tony AU - Boughn, Stephen PY - 2008/Nov/21/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0807.1310 ER -