The momentum of an electromagnetic wave inside a dielectric

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2013.05.004MaRDI QIDQ2442334zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Massimo Testa

Publication date 3 April 2014

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.3913

zbMATH Keywords

conservation lawsdielectric polarizationelectromagnetic force on an insulator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40)

Abstract: The problem of assigning a momentum to an electromagnetic wave packet propagating inside an insulator has become known under the name of the Abraham-Minkowski controversy. In the present paper we re-examine the question, first through a power expansion in the polarizability of the medium and assuming the simplest and most natural choice for the force exerted on a dielectric material by an electromagnetic field. It is shown that the Abraham expression is highly favoured. We then show the complete generality of these results.

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