2012/04/30 by G. L. J. A. Rikken, Geert L. J. A. Rikken, B. A. van Tiggelen +1 · 37 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Classical mechanics #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Context (archaeology) #Electric field #Magnetic field #Momentum (technical analysis) #Physics #Polarizability #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Radiative transfer #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.108.230402
published in Physical Review Letters 108(23), 230402 (American Physical Society) · 5 pages, to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett
arxiv created 2012/04/30 · openalex publication_date 2012/06/05 · arxiv updated 2015/06/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The Abraham force exerted by a time-dependent electromagnetic field on neutral, polarizable matter has two contributions. The one induced by a time-varying magnetic field and a static electric field is reported here for the first time. We discuss our results in the context of the radiative momentum in matter. Our observations are consistent with Abraham's and Nelson's versions for radiative momentum.