Radiation pressure —bounded by→ Radiation momentum flux
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Conditions
- p = I/c for full absorption and at most 2I/c for perfect reflection at normal incidence; the mechanical power per unit area a surface moving at speed v can take is at most p·v
Evidence · 2
- [1]L. D. Landau, E. M. Lifshitz, L. P. Pitaevskii. Electrodynamics of Continuous Media (Course of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 8, 2nd ed.) (1984)
- [2]E. F. Nichols, G. F. Hull. A Preliminary Communication on the Pressure of Heat and Light Radiation (1901)
Related matrix context
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Notes
The bound scopes the coupling by irradiance rather than declaring it impossible: in full sunlight it caps the mechanical power at ≈ 7 × 10⁻⁷ W m⁻² for a surface receding at 0.1 m s⁻¹, so a generator driven by radiation pressure is a micro-scale or high-irradiance proposition.
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Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). claim claim:radiation-pressure-bounded-momentum-flux: Radiation pressure —bounded by→ Radiation momentum flux. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/claim/radiation-pressure-bounded-momentum-flux
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