TY  - INPR
A1  - Henkel, Carsten
A1  - Pieplow, Gregor
T1  - Reply to Comment on 'Fully covariant radiation force on a polarizable particle'
T2  - New journal of physics : the open-access journal for physics
N2  - We argue that the theories of Volokitin and Persson (2014 New J. Phys. 16 118001), Dedkov and Kyasov (2008 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20 354006), and Pieplow and Henkel (2013 New J. Phys. 15 023027) agree on the electromagnetic force on a small, polarizable particle that is moving parallel to a planar, macroscopic body, as far as the contribution of evanescent waves is concerned. The apparent differences are discussed in detail and explained by choices of units and integral transformations. We point out in particular the role of the Lorentz contraction in the procedure used by Volokitin and Persson, where a macroscopic body is 'diluted' to obtain the force on a small particle. Differences that appear in the contribution of propagating photons are briefly mentioned.
KW  - applied classical electromagnetism
KW  - fluctuation phenomena
KW  - random processes
KW  - noise
KW  - Brownian motion
KW  - mechanical effects of light
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/11/118002
SN  - 1367-2630
VL  - 16
PB  - IOP Publ. Ltd.
CY  - Bristol
ER  -