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Remarks on the Abraham-Minkowski problem, from the formal and from the experimental side

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 نشر من قبل Iver Brevik
 تاريخ النشر 2020
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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We analyze the Abraham-Minkowski problem known from classical electrodynamics from two different perspectives. First, we follow a formal approach, implying use of manifolds with curved space sections in accordance with Fermats principle, emphasizing that the resulting covariant and contravariant components of the photon four-momentum is a property linked to the {it Minkowski} theory only. There is thus no link to the Abraham theory in that context. Next we turn to the experimental side, giving a brief account of older and newer radiation pressure experiments that clearly show how the Minkowski photon momentum is preferable under optical conditions. Under low-frequency conditions, where experimental detection of the individual oscillations predicted by the Abraham term are possible, the picture is however quite different.



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