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'''Radiation pressure''' is the [[pressure]] exerted upon any surface exposed to [[electromagnetic radiation]]. Radiation pressure implies an interaction between electromagnetic radiation and bodies of various types, including clouds of particles or gases.  The interactions can be [[Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)|absorption]], [[Reflection (physics)|reflection]], or some of both (the common case).  Bodies also emit radiation and thereby experience a resulting pressure.
 
The forces generated by radiation pressure are generally too small to be detected under everyday circumstances; however, they do play a crucial role in some settings, such as [[astronomy]] and [[astrodynamics]]. For example, had the effects of the sun's radiation pressure on the spacecraft of the [[Viking program]] been ignored, the spacecraft would have missed Mars orbit by about 15,000 kilometers.<ref>Eugene Hecht, "Optics", 4th edition</ref>
 
This article addresses the macroscopic aspects of radiation pressure.  Detailed quantum mechanical aspects of interactions are addressed in specialized articles on the subject.  The details of how photons of various wavelengths interact with atoms can be explored through links in the ''See also'' section.
 
== Discovery ==
[[Johannes Kepler]] put forward the concept of radiation pressure back in 1619 to explain the observation that a tail of a [[comet]] always points away from the Sun.<ref>{{cite book|last=[[Johannes Kepler]]|first=|title=[[De Cometis Libelli Tres]]|year=1619}}</ref>
 
The assertion that light, as [[electromagnetic radiation]], has the property of [[momentum]] and thus exerts a [[pressure]] upon any surface exposed to it was published by [[James Clerk Maxwell]] in 1862, and proven experimentally by Russian physicist [[Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev|Pyotr Lebedev]] in 1900<ref>P. Lebedev, 1901, "Untersuchungen über die Druckkräfte des Lichtes", Annalen der Physik, 1901</ref> and by [[Ernest Fox Nichols]] and [[Gordon Ferrie Hull]] in 1901.<ref>Nichols, E.F & Hull, G.F. (1903) [http://books.google.com/books?id=8n8OAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA5-PA327&dq=torsion+balance+radiation The Pressure due to Radiation], ''The Astrophysical Journal'',Vol.17 No.5, p.315-351</ref> The pressure is very feeble, but can be detected by allowing the radiation to fall upon a delicately poised vane of reflective metal in a [[Nichols radiometer]] (this should not be confused with the [[Crookes radiometer]], whose characteristic motion is ''not'' caused by radiation pressure but by impacting gas molecules).
 
== Theory ==
{{See also|Electromagnetic radiation|Speed of light}}
Radiation pressure can be analyzed as interactions by either electromagnetic waves or particles (photons).  The waves and photons both have the property of [[momentum]], which allows their interchangeability under classical conditions.
 
=== Radiation pressure in classical electromagnetism: waves===
{{Main|Poynting vector}}
According to Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism, an electromagnetic wave carries momentum, which can be transferred to a reflecting or absorbing surface hit by the wave.
 
The energy flux (intensity) is expressed by the [[Poynting vector]] <math>\mathbf{S} = \mathbf{E}\times\mathbf{H}</math>, whose magnitude we denote by S. S divided by the square of the [[speed of light]] in free space is the density of the linear momentum of the electromagnetic field. The time-averaged intensity <math>\langle\mathbf{S}\rangle</math> divided by the speed of light in free space is the radiation pressure exerted by an electromagnetic wave on the surface of a target, if the wave is completely absorbed:
 
:<math>    P_{absorb}=\frac{\langle S\rangle}{c} = \frac{E_f}{c}</math>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;( N·m<sup>-2</sup> or Pa )
 
where ''P'' is pressure, ''E<sub>f</sub>'' is [[energy flux]] (intensity) in W/m<sup>2</sup>, ''c'' is speed of light in vacuum.
 
If the absorbing surface is planar at an angle &alpha; to the radiation source, the intensity across the surface will be reduced:
 
:<math>    P_{absorb} = \frac{E_f}{c} \cos \alpha </math>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;( N·m<sup>-2</sup> or Pa )
 
=== Radiation pressure by particle model: photons===
{{See also|Photons|Momentum}}
Electromagnetic radiation is quantized in particles called photons, the particle aspect of its [[wave-particle duality]].  Photons are best explained by [[quantum mechanics]]. Although photons are considered to be zero-rest mass particles, they have the properties of energy and momentum, thus exhibit the property of mass as they travel at light speed. The momentum of a photon is given by:
 
:''p'' = ''h''/&lambda; = ''mc''
 
where ''p'' is momentum, ''h'' is [[Planck's constant]], &lambda; is [[wavelength]], ''m'' is mass, and ''c'' is speed of light in vacuum. This expression shows the wave-particle duality.
 
:''E'' = ''mc''<sup>2</sup> = ''pc''
 
is the mass-energy relationship where ''E'' is the energy. Then
 
:''p'' = ''E''/''c''.
 
The generation of radiation pressure results from the momentum property of photons, specifically, changing the momentum when incident radiation strikes a surface. The surface exerts a force on the photons in changing their momentum by [[Newton's Second Law]].  A reactive force is applied to the body by [[Newton's Third Law]].
 
The orientation of a reflector determines the component of momentum normal to its surface, and also affects the frontal area of the surface facing the energy source.  Each factor contributes a cosine function, reducing the pressure on the surface.<ref>T. Požar (2014), ''Oblique reflection of a laser pulse from a perfect elastic mirror.'' Optics Letter 39 (1), 48-51</ref> The pressure experienced by a perfectly reflecting planar surface is then:
 
:<math>P_{reflect} = \frac{2E_f}{c} \cos^2 \alpha </math>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;( N·m<sup>-2</sup> or Pa )
 
where ''P'' is pressure, ''E<sub>f</sub>'' is the [[energy flux]] (intensity) in W/m<sup>2</sup>, ''c'' is speed of light in vacuum, &alpha; is the angle between the surface normal and the incident radiation.<ref name="Wright">{{citation
| author = Wright, Jerome L.
| year = 1992
| title = Space Sailing
| publisher = Gordon and Breach Science Publishers
}}</ref>
 
===Radiation pressure by emission===
{{See also|Emissivity}}
Bodies radiate thermal energy according to their temperature.  The emissions are electromagnetic radiation, and therefore have the properties of energy and momentum.  The energy leaving a body tends to reduce its temperature.  The momentum of the radiation causes a reactive force, expressed as a pressure across the radiating surface.
 
The [[Stefan–Boltzmann law]] describes the power radiated from a [[black body]]. The law states that the total energy radiated per unit surface area of a black body across all wavelengths per unit time (also known as the black-body radiant exitance or emissive power) is directly proportional to the fourth power of the body's [[absolute temperature]]. The emissions from 'gray' bodies can be approximated by this law.
 
The emissions by other bodies are treated in an empirical manner, relying on in particular the coefficient of emission ([[emissivity]]), which is determined by measurements.
 
A body that does not absorb all incident radiation (sometimes known as a gray body) emits less total energy than a black body and is characterized by an [[emissivity]], <math>\varepsilon < 1</math>, so the emitted [[energy flux]] (intensity) is:
 
:<math> E_f = \varepsilon\sigma T^{4}</math>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;( J·s<sup>-1</sup>·m<sup>-2</sup> or W·m<sup>-2</sup> )
 
where <math> \sigma</math> is the [[Stefan–Boltzmann constant]] and <math>T</math> is [[absolute temperature]].  The emissivity depends on the wavelength, <math> \varepsilon=\varepsilon(\lambda).</math>
 
The radiation pressure on an emitting surface by emitted radiation is then:
 
:<math> P_{emission} = \frac {E_f}{c} = \frac {\varepsilon\sigma}{ c } T^{4}</math>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;( N·m<sup>-2</sup> or Pa )
 
===Moderating factors===
 
Several factors affect the radiation pressure on a body or a cloud of particles or gases.  The most prominent are the surface [[reflectivity]], [[absorption (electromagnetic radiation)|absorptivity]], and [[emissivity]].  The values of these parameters vary across the spectrum, so a representative value is typically used in calculations.  Calculations are also affected by surface curvature and roughness on a wide range of scales.  Rotation of a body can also be an important factor.
 
===Compression in a uniform radiation field===
 
A body in a uniform radiation field (equal intensities from all directions) will experience a compressive pressure.  This is a condition made use of in laser inertial confinement experiments.  It may be shown by electromagnetic theory, by [[Quantum mechanics|quantum theory]], or by [[thermodynamics]], making no assumptions as to the nature of the radiation (other than isotropy), that the pressure against a surface exposed in a space traversed by radiation uniformly in all directions is equal to one third of the total radiant energy per unit volume within that space.<ref>Shankar R., ''Principles of Quantum Mechanics'', 2nd edition.</ref><ref>Carroll, Bradley W.  & Dale A. Ostlie, ''An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics'', 2nd edition.</ref><ref>Jackson, John David, (1999) ''Classical Electrodynamics''.</ref><ref>Kardar, Mehran. "Statistical Physics of Particles".</ref>
 
Quantitatively, this can be expressed as <ref>[[Planck's law]]</ref>
 
:<math>P_{compress} = \frac{u}{3} = \frac{4\sigma}{3c} T^4 </math>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;( N·m<sup>-2</sup> or Pa )
 
for a radiation [[energy density]] <math>u</math> ( J·m<sup>−3</sup> ). The second equality holds if we are considering uniform thermal radiation at a temperature <math>T</math>. There <math>\sigma</math> is the [[Stefan-Boltzmann constant]] and <math>c</math> is the [[speed of light]] in vacuum.
 
==Solar radiation pressure==
 
Solar radiation pressure is exerted by solar radiation on objects within the solar system.  While it acts on all bodies within the system, the smaller bodies are most affected.  All spacecraft experience the pressure.
 
Solar radiation pressure is calculated on an [[irradiance]] ([[solar constant]] or radiant flux) value of '''1361&nbsp;[[Watt|W]]/[[Metre|m]]<sup>2</sup>''' at 1&nbsp;[[Astronomical unit|AU]], as revised in 2011.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Kopp, G.; Lean, J. L.
|title=A new, lower value of total solar irradiance: Evidence and climate significance
|year=2011
|publisher=Geophysical Research Letters 38
|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2010GL045777/pdf
}}</ref>
 
All stars have a [[spectral energy distribution]] that depends on their surface temperature.  The distribution is approximately that of [[black-body radiation]].  This distribution is important in selecting reflector materials best suited for the application.
 
===Pressures of absorption and reflection===
 
Solar radiation pressure is calculated from the solar constant.  It varies inversely by the square of the distance from the sun.  The pressure experienced by a perfectly absorbing planar surface that may be at an angle to the source is:
 
:<math> P_{absorb} = \frac{W}{c R^2} cos \alpha</math>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;( N·m<sup>-2</sup> or Pa )
 
:<math> P_{absorb} = \frac{4.54}{R^2} cos \alpha</math>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;( &mu;N·m<sup>-2</sup> or &mu;Pa )
 
The pressure experienced by a perfectly reflecting planar surface is:
 
:<math>P_{reflect} = \frac{2W}{c R^2} cos^2 \alpha </math>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;( N·m<sup>-2</sup> or Pa )
 
:<math>P_{reflect} = \frac{9.08}{R^2} cos^2 \alpha </math>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;( &mu;N·m<sup>-2</sup> or &mu;Pa )
 
where ''P'' is pressure, ''W'' is the [[solar constant]] ( W·m<sup>−2</sup> ), ''c'' is speed of light in vacuum, ''R'' is solar distance in AU treated as a dimensionless number, and &alpha; is the angle between the surface normal and the incident radiation.<ref name="Wright" /><ref name="RMG">Georgevic, R. M. (1973) "The Solar Radiation Pressure Forces and Torques Model", ''The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences'', Vol. 27, No. 1, Jan–Feb. First known publication describing how solar radiation pressure creates forces and torques that affect spacecraft.</ref>
 
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 250px; height: 230px;"
|+ Radiation Pressure (&alpha;=0 maximum)
|-
! Solar Distance !! µPa (µN/m<sup>2</sup>)
|-
! 0.20 AU = close
| 227
|-
! 0.39 AU = [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]]
| 60.6
|-
! 0.72 AU = [[Venus]]
| 17.4
|-
! 1.00 AU = [[Earth]]
| 9.08
|-
! 1.52 AU = [[Mars]]
| 3.91
|-
! 3.00 AU = [[asteroid]]
| 1.01
|-
! 5.20 AU = [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]]
| 0.34
|}
 
===Radiation pressure perturbations===
{{See also|Yarkovsky effect|YORP effect|Poynting–Robertson effect}}
 
Solar radiation pressure is a source of [[Perturbation (astronomy)|orbital perturbations]].  It affects the orbits and trajectories of small bodies and all spacecraft.
 
Solar radiation pressure affects bodies throughout much of the Solar System.  Small bodies are more affected than large because of their lower mass and [[Inertia|inertial properties]].  Spacecraft are affected along with natural bodies (comets, asteroids, dust grains, gas molecules).
 
The radiation pressure results in forces and torques on the bodies that can change their translational and rotational motions.  Translational changes affect the orbits of the bodies.  Rotational rates may increase or decrease.  Loosely aggregated bodies may break apart under high rotation rates.  Dust grains can either leave the Solar System or spiral into the Sun.
 
A whole body is typically composed of numerous surfaces that have different orientations on the body.  The facets may be flat or curved.  They will have different areas.  They may have optical properties differing from other facets.
 
At any particular time, some facets will be exposed to the Sun and some will be in shadow.  Each surface exposed to the Sun will be reflecting, absorbing, and emitting radiation.  Facets in shadow will be emitting radiation.  The summation of pressures across all of the facets will define the net force and torque on the body.  These can be calculated using the equations in the preceding sections.<ref name="Wright" /><ref name="RMG" />
 
The [[Yarkovsky effect]] affects the translation of a small body.  It results from a face leaving solar exposure being at a higher temperature than a face approaching solar exposure.  The radiation emitted from the warmer face will be more intense than that of the opposite face, resulting in a net force on the body that will affect its motion.
 
The [[YORP effect]] is a collection of effects expanding upon the earlier concept of the Yarkovsky effect, but of a similar nature.  It affects the spin properties of bodies.
 
The [[Poynting–Robertson effect]] applies to grain-size particles.  From the perspective of a grain of dust circling the Sun, the Sun's radiation appears to be coming from a slightly forward direction ([[aberration of light]]). Therefore the absorption of this radiation leads to a force with a component against the direction of movement. (The angle of aberration is extremely small since the radiation is moving at the speed of light while the dust grain is moving many orders of magnitude slower than that.)  The result is a slow spiral of dust grains into the Sun.  Over long periods of time this effect cleans out much of the dust in the Solar System.
 
While rather small in comparison to other forces, the radiation pressure force is inexorable.  Over long periods of time, the net effect of the force is substantial.  Such feeble pressures are able to produce marked effects upon minute particles like [[gas]] [[ion]]s and [[electron]]s, and are important in the theory of electron emission from the Sun, of [[comet]]ary material, and so on.
 
Because the ratio of surface area to volume (and thus mass) increases with decreasing particle size, dusty ([[micrometre]]-size) particles are susceptible to radiation pressure even in the outer solar system.  For example, the evolution of the [[Rings of Saturn#Outer rings|outer rings of Saturn]] is significantly influenced by radiation pressure.
 
===Solar sails===
{{main|Solar sail}}
Solar sailing, an experimental method of [[spacecraft propulsion]], uses radiation pressure from the Sun as a motive force. The idea of interplanetary travel by light was mentioned by [[Jules Verne]] in ''From the Earth to the Moon''.
 
A sail reflects about 90% of the incident radiation.  The 10% that is absorbed is radiated away from both surfaces.  A sail has curvature, surface irregularities, and other minor factors that affect its performance.
 
The [[Japan]] Aerospace Exploration Agency ([[JAXA]]) has successfully unfurled a solar sail in space which has already succeeded in propelling its payload with the [[IKAROS]] project.
 
==Cosmic effects of radiation pressure==
 
Radiation pressure has had a major effect on the development of the cosmos, from the birth of the universe to ongoing formation of stars and shaping of clouds of dust and gasses on a wide range of scales.
 
===The early universe===
 
The [[photon epoch]] is a phase when the energy of the universe was dominated by photons, between 10 seconds and 380,000 years after the [[Big Bang]].
 
===Galaxy formation and evolution===
 
The process of [[galaxy formation and evolution]] began early in the history of the cosmos. Observations of the early universe strongly suggest that objects grew from bottom-up (i.e., smaller objects merging to form larger ones).
 
Early in the universe, galaxies were composed mostly of gas and [[dark matter]]. As a galaxy gained mass by accretion of smaller galaxies, the dark matter stayed mostly in the outer parts of the galaxy.  The gas, however, contracted, causing the galaxy to rotate faster, until the result was a thin, rotating disk.
 
Astronomers do not currently know what process stopped the contraction. Theories of galaxy formation are not successful at producing the rotation speed and size of disk galaxies. It has been suggested that the radiation from bright newly formed stars, or from an active galactic nuclei, could have slowed the contraction of a forming disk. It has also been suggested that the [[dark matter halo]] could pull on galactic matter, stopping disk contraction.
 
===Clouds of dust and gases===
[[File:Pillars of Creation.jpeg|thumb|The ''Pillars of Creation'' clouds within the [[Eagle Nebula]] shaped by radiation pressure and stellar winds.]]
The [[gravitational compression]] of clouds of dust and gases is strongly influenced by radiation pressure, especially when the condensations lead to star births.  The larger young stars forming within the compressed clouds emit intense levels of radiation that shift the clouds, causing either dispersion or condensations in nearby regions, which influences birth rates in those nearby regions.
 
===Clusters of stars===
<!--[[File:M92 arp 750pix.jpg|thumb|250px|Star cluster [[Messier 92]].]]-->
Stars predominantly form in regions of large clouds of dust and gases, giving rise to [[star cluster]]s.  Radiation pressure from the member stars eventually disperses the clouds, which can have a profound effect on the evolution of the cluster.
 
Many [[open cluster]]s are inherently unstable, with a small enough mass that the [[escape velocity]] of the system is lower than the average [[velocity]] of the constituent stars. These clusters will rapidly disperse within a few million years. In many cases, the stripping away of the gas from which the cluster formed by the radiation pressure of the hot young stars reduces the cluster mass enough to allow rapid dispersal.
 
===Star formation===
 
[[Star formation]] is the process by which dense regions within [[molecular cloud]]s in [[interstellar space]] collapse to form [[star]]s. As a branch of [[astronomy]], star formation includes the study of the [[interstellar medium]] and [[giant molecular cloud]]s (GMC) as precursors to the star formation process, and the study of [[protostar]]s and [[young stellar object]]s as its immediate products.  Star formation theory, as well as accounting for the formation of a single star, must also account for the statistics of [[binary star]]s and the [[initial mass function]].
 
===Stellar planetary systems===
[[Image:Protoplanetary disk.jpg|thumb|A protoplanetary disk with a cleared central region.]]
[[Planetary system]]s are generally believed to form as part of the same process that results in [[star formation]]. A [[protoplanetary disk]] forms by gravitational collapse of a [[molecular cloud]], called a [[solar nebula]],  and then evolves into a planetary system by collisions and gravitational capture. Radiation pressure can clear a region in the immediate vicinity of the star. As the formation process continues, radiation pressure continues to play a role in affecting the distribution of matter.  In particular, dust and grains can spiral into the star or escape the stellar system under the action of radiation pressure.
 
===Stellar interiors===
 
In [[star|stellar]] interiors the temperatures are very high. Stellar models predict a temperature of 15&nbsp;MK in the center of the [[Sun]], and at the cores of [[supergiant]] stars the temperature may exceed 1&nbsp;GK. As the radiation pressure scales as the fourth power of the temperature, it becomes important at these high temperatures. In the Sun, radiation pressure is still quite small when compared to the gas pressure. In the heaviest non-degenerate stars, radiation pressure is the dominant pressure component.<ref>Dale A. Ostlie and Bradley W. Carroll, ''An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics'' (2nd edition), page 341, Pearson, San Francisco, CA 2007</ref>
 
===Comets===
[[File:Comet Hale-Bopp 1995O1.jpg|thumb|[[Comet Hale-Bopp]] (C/1995 O1). Radiation pressure and solar wind effects on the dust and gas tails are clearly seen.]]
Solar radiation pressure strongly affects [[comet tail]]s.  Solar heating causes gases to be released from the [[comet nucleus]], which also carry away dust grains.  Radiation pressure and [[solar wind]] then drive the dust and gases away from the Sun's direction.  The gases form a generally straight tail, while slower moving dust particles create a broader, curving tail.
 
== Laser applications of radiation pressure==
 
Lasers are used to generate intense pressures in [[inertial confinement fusion]] experiments.  Some of this work is being conducted at the US [[National Ignition Facility]].
 
[[Laser cooling]] is applied to cooling materials very close to absolute zero.  Atoms traveling towards a laser light source perceive a [[doppler effect]] tuned to the absorption frequency of the target element.  The radiation pressure on the atom slows movement in a particular direction until the Doppler effect moves out of the frequency range of the element, causing an overall cooling effect.
 
[[Optical tweezers]] employ laser beams to control very small objects.
 
Large lasers operating in space have been suggested as a means of propelling sail craft in [[beam-powered propulsion]].
 
The reflection of a laser pulse from the surface of an elastic solid gives rise to various types of elastic waves that propagate inside the solid. The weakest waves are generally those that are generated by the radiation pressure acting during the reflection of the light. Recently, such light-pressure-induced elastic waves were observed inside an ultrahigh-reflectivity [[dielectric mirror]].<ref>T. Požar and J. Možina (2013), ''Measurement of elastic waves induced by the reflection of light.'' Physical Review Letters 111 (18), 185501</ref> These waves are the most basic fingerprint of a light-solid matter interaction on the macroscopic scale.
 
==See also==
{{Portal|Physics|Astronomy|Space|Star}}
{{div col|3}}
* [[Compton scattering]]
* [[De Broglie wavelength]]
* [[Electromagnetic radiation]]
* [[Irradiance]]
* [[Light absorption]]
* [[Photoelectric effect]]
* [[Photons]]
* [[Poynting-Robertson effect]]
* [[Poynting vector]]
* [[Quantum mechanics]]
* [[Solar constant]]
* [[Solar sail]]
* [[Speed of light]]
* [[Sunlight]]
* [[Wavelength]]
* [[Wave-particle duality]]
* [[Yarkovsky effect]]
* [[YORP effect]]
 
{{div col end}}
 
== References ==
{{reflist}}
 
== Further reading ==
* Demir, Dilek,'''"A table-top demonstration of radiation pressure"''',2011, Diplomathesis, E-Theses univie (http://othes.univie.ac.at/16381/)
*R. Shankar, "Principles of Quantum Mechanics", 2nd edition. [http://www.fisica.net/quantica/Shankar%20-%20Principles%20of%20quantum%20mechanics.pdf]
 
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