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Comment on "On physical interpretation of the Poynting-Robertson effect"

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

In response to the comments of astro-ph/0006426 on Srikanth (Icarus 1999), we clarify, and thereby justify, the definition of Poynting-Robertson drag adopted in the latter. We confirm that dust absorption is a necessary condition while re-emission is neither necessary nor sufficient for the inspiralling of a rest-isotropically emitting dust.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0007122,
  title  = {Comment on "On physical interpretation of the Poynting-Robertson effect"},
  author = {R. Srikanth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0007122},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Typographical error in a reference corrected