On the energy-momentum of light : an all optical view of the Abraham-Minkowski controversy

MacLeod, Alexander J. and Noble, Adam (2017) On the energy-momentum of light : an all optical view of the Abraham-Minkowski controversy. In: 2nd Conference on Extremely High Intensity Laser Physics, 2017-09-05 - 2017-09-08, Instituto Superior Tecnico.

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Abstract

The energy-momentum of light in a medium is known to have two conflicting descriptions, due to Abraham and Minkowski. In non-linear electrodynamics, a strong field can cause the vacuum to behave analogously to a dielectric material. We investigate the Abraham-Minkowski controversy in this context, and show that for non-linear electrodynamics in vacuum, the Minkowski description is the most natural.

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MacLeod, Alexander J. and Noble, Adam ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8181-7076;
  • Item type:Conference or Workshop Item(Poster)
    ID code:63401
    Dates:
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    Event
    5 September 2017
    Published
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:27 Feb 2018 15:19
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 16:53
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/63401
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