The radiation force on small particles |
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| Authors: | Milton Kerker |
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| Institution: | Clarkson College of Technology Potsdam, New York 13676, USA |
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| Abstract: | A more complete expression for the radiation force on a small particle in the solar system is given which includes the effect of asymmetry of the thermal reradiation and also of inelastic scattering such as fluorescence. Both the Poynting-Robertson drag and the Yarkovsky effect are affected by such asymmetries and are incorporated into the formalism. For non-spherical particles the direction of the radiation force will no longer coincide with the solar irradiation. |
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