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Is the Abraham electromagnetic force physical?

Optics 2017-06-09 v3 Quantum Physics

Abstract

A conventional general electromagnetic force definition has been widely used to analyze radiation forces in dielectric media in published research works. However in this paper, we would like to indicate that this conventional force definition is flawed.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1502.03054,
  title  = {Is the Abraham electromagnetic force physical?},
  author = {Changbiao Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.03054},
  year   = {2017}
}

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Journal version. 3 pages, 12 references

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