Reply to Comment on 'Fully covariant radiation force on a polarizable particle'
- 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.
Author details: | Carsten HenkelORCiDGND, Gregor Pieplow |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/11/118002 |
ISSN: | 1367-2630 |
Title of parent work (English): | New journal of physics : the open-access journal for physics |
Publisher: | IOP Publ. Ltd. |
Place of publishing: | Bristol |
Publication type: | Preprint |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2014 |
Publication year: | 2014 |
Release date: | 2017/03/27 |
Tag: | Brownian motion; applied classical electromagnetism; fluctuation phenomena; mechanical effects of light; noise; random processes |
Volume: | 16 |
Number of pages: | 8 |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access |