Time averaged total force on a dipolar sphere in an electromagnetic field

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12 May 2003

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.physics/0305043

Abstract

We establish the time averaged total force on a subwavelength sized particle in a time harmonic varying field. Our analysis is not restrictive about the spatial dependence of the incident field. We discuss the addition of the radiative reaction term in the polarizability in order to correctly deal with the scattering force. As a consequence and illustration, we assess the degree of accuracy of several polarizability models previously established.

Keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD
AVERAGED TOTAL FORCE
TIME AVERAGED TOTAL
POLARIZABILITY
DIPOLAR SPHERE
TOTAL FORCE
SCATTERING

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