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Loudon, R.; Baxter, C.

Contributions of John Henry Poynting to the understanding of radiation pressure. (English) Zbl 1364.78007

Proc. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. A, Math. Phys. Eng. Sci. 468, No. 2143, 1825-1838 (2012).
Summary: The name of Poynting is universally recognized for his development of the well-known expression for the flow of electromagnetic energy. Not so well known is Poynting’s series of papers on radiation pressure, with 2011 marking the centenary of the last of his 15 publications on this topic. This paper reviews and assesses his radiation-pressure work, with a level of coverage aimed at the reader familiar with the Maxwell electromagnetic theory and interested in the current understanding of radiation pressure. We begin with brief details of Poynting’s life, followed by accounts of the relevant publications by others before and during his period of activity in the field from 1903 to 1911. His contributions to the understanding of radiation-pressure effects in the solar system, and the linear and angular momenta of light are discussed, with evaluations from a modern perspective.

MSC:

78A10 Physical optics
78-03 History of optics and electromagnetic theory
01A55 History of mathematics in the 19th century
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\textit{R. Loudon} and \textit{C. Baxter}, Proc. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. A, Math. Phys. Eng. Sci. 468, No. 2143, 1825--1838 (2012; Zbl 1364.78007)
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