Open AccessNew Theory of Light and Resolution of the Abraham-Minkowski Controversy
Author(s) -
Adnan Salih Al-Ithawi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
walailak journal of science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2228-835X
pISSN - 1686-3933
DOI - 10.48048/wjst.2020.5993
Subject(s) - minkowski space , momentum (technical analysis) , energy–momentum relation , physics , photon , resolution (logic) , mathematical physics , theoretical physics , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , computer science , finance , artificial intelligence , economics
The Abraham-Minkowski controversy about the momentum of light in media has been debated for over a century and has been informed by many distinguished distributions, both theoretical and experimental. We show that both the Abraham and Minkowski forms of momentum are need to be modified according to the new theory of light. We prove that the total momentum of a photon in matter is the same as compared with that in free space by using the new relations between energy and mass of light with refractive index.