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Light Bends Glass
published by the American Physical Society
This site, from Physical Review Focus, describes a recent experiment to find out how
the momentum of a photon changes when it passes from a glass fiber into air. The article describes the 100-year-old controversy on this question and explains the results of this experiment. Links are provided for more information.
http://physics.aps.org/story/v22/st20
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2009 American Physical Society
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Keywords: Action reaction, Hermann Minkowski, Max Abraham, Newton's third law, recoil
Record Creator: Metadata instance created February 25, 2009 by Logan Hancock
Record Updated: Jan 06, 2012 by Lyle Barbato
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Light Bends Glass (American Physical Society, College Park, 2009), WWW Document, (http://physics.aps.org/story/v22/st20).
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Light Bends Glass (American Physical Society, College Park, 2009), <http://physics.aps.org/story/v22/st20>.
APA Format
Light Bends Glass. (2008, December 10). Retrieved May 21, 2013, from American Physical Society: http://physics.aps.org/story/v22/st20
Chicago Format
American Physical Society. Light Bends Glass. College Park: American Physical Society, December 10, 2008. http://physics.aps.org/story/v22/st20 (accessed 21 May 2013).
MLA Format
Light Bends Glass. College Park: American Physical Society, 2009. 10 Dec. 2008. 21 May 2013 <http://physics.aps.org/story/v22/st20>.
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