Radiation pressure with recoil: Experimental proof for a 90 year-old theory - Phys.org 16-Jun-2020

Radiation pressure with recoil: Experimental proof for a 90 year-old theory - Phys.org

Light exerts a certain amount of pressure onto a body: sun sails could thus power space probes in the future. However, when light particles (photons) hit an individual molecule and knock out an electron, the molecule flies toward the light source. Atomic phys…

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