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Momentum exchange between an electromagnetic wave and a dispersive medium
Rodrigo Medina, J. Stephany
We present an elementary discussion of the momentum transferred by an electromagnetic wave propagating in a dispersive medium. Our analysis is based on Minkowski's electromagnetic…
The energy-momentum tensor of electromagnetic fields in matter
Rodrigo Medina, J. Stephany
We present a complete resolution of the Abraham-Minkowski controversy . This is done by considering several new aspects which invalidate previous discussions. We show that: 1)For p…
An elementary approach to electromagnetic momentum in matter
Rodrigo Medina, J. Stephany
We present an elementary discussion of the momentum transferred to a conducting sheet by an electromagnetic wave propagating in a polarizable medium. We show that conservation of m…
Belinfante-Rosenfeld tensor and the inertia principle
Rodrigo Medina, J. Stephany
In a recent letter we show that for an isolated system with a non symmetric energy momentum tensor the usual forms of the center of mass motion theorem are not valid. This was illu…
An Improved Inertia Principle
Rodrigo Medina, J. Stephany
We show that for isolated relativistic systems with spin the conservation of total angular momentum implies that, instead of the center of mass, it is a modified center of mass and…
The force density and the kinetic energy-momentum tensor of electromagnetic fields in matter
Rodrigo Medina, J. Stephany
We determine the invariant expression of the force density that the electromagnetic field exerts on dipolar matter and construct the non-symmetric energy-momentum tensor of the ele…