Superkicks and momentum density tests via micromanipulation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2209.15387v1
• Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 22:48:26 GMT
• Title: Superkicks and momentum density tests via micromanipulation
• Authors: Andrei Afanasev (George Washington Univ.), Carl E. Carlson (William & Mary), and Asmita Mukherjee (I.I.T., Bombay)
• Abstract summary: There is an unsettled problem in choosing the correct expressions for the local momentum density and angular momentum density of electromagnetic fields. We show situations where the two predictions can be checked, with numerical estimates of the size of the effects.
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• Abstract: There is an unsettled problem in choosing the correct expressions for the local momentum density and angular momentum density of electromagnetic fields (or indeed, of any non-scalar field). If one only examines plane waves, the problem is moot, as the known possible expressions all give the same result. The momentum and angular momentum density expressions are generally obtained from the energy-momentum tensor, in turn obtained from a Lagrangian. The electrodynamic expressions obtained by the canonical procedure are not the same as the symmetric Belinfante reworking. For the interaction of matter with structured light, for example, twisted photons, this is important; there are drastically different predictions for forces and angular momenta induced on small test objects. We show situations where the two predictions can be checked, with numerical estimates of the size of the effects.

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