Radiation forces and torques without stress (tensors)

DOI10.1088/0143-0807/32/6/006MaRDI QIDQ4909463zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Craig F. Bohren

Publication date 21 March 2013

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/32/6/006

zbMATH Keywords

torquesradiation forces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

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