On Physical Interpretation of the Poynting-Robertson Effect
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Comments to the statements of Srikanth (1999) are presented. As for the standard definition of the Poynting-Robertson drag, the results of Srikanth (1999) are incorrect. Srikanth's statements about the isothermality condition and ``red-shift'' are also discussed. Srikanth's results are generalized for the most general case of the equation of motion when momentum loss per unit time is proportional to -v/c (higher orders are neglected), where v is (heliocentric) velocity of the particle, c is the speed of light.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0006426,
title = {On Physical Interpretation of the Poynting-Robertson Effect},
author = {Jozef Klacka},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0006426},
year = {2007}
}