Re: Photon, Momentum, Mass

"Y" <yanarchi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Doesn't it stand to reason that HEAT generated by the light is the
likely cause for the rotation of the blades in a radiometer ?

Have a read here:

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/LightMill/light-mill.html

This
does not have me convinced that the momentum of the photons is
actually what is producing the force here.

I was mistaken in the pinwheel example .. sorry. Must be an urban myth :)


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