Radiation pressure on a dielectric boundary: was Poynting wrong?

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dc.creatorHirose, A.
dc.creatorDick, R.
dc.date2009-02-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:40:29Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:40:29Z
dc.descriptionWhen a plane electromagnetic wave in air falls on a flat dielectric boundary, the dielectric body is pulled toward the air as predicted by Poynting a century ago. According to Noether's theorem, the momentum in the direction parallel to the boundary must be conserved among the incident, reflected and transmitted waves. This uniquely determines the expression for the wave momentum in the dielectric medium which agrees with the Minkowski form. The inward force recently predicted and accompanied by Abraham's momentum are not consistent with Fresnel's formulae and basic symmetry principles.
dc.description10 pages, 1 figure
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0902.1767
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0902.1767
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/219458
dc.subjectClassical Physics
dc.titleRadiation pressure on a dielectric boundary: was Poynting wrong?
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