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Abbas et al. 2003
Abbas, M.M., Craven, P.D., Spann, J.F., Witherow, W.K., West, E.A., Gallagher, D.L., Adrian, M.L., Fishman, G.J., Tankosic, D., LeClair, A., Sheldon, R. and Thomas, E. (2003). Radiation pressure measurements on micron-size individual dust grains. Journal of Geophysical Research 108: doi: 10.1029/2002JA009744. issn: 0148-0227.

Measurements of electromagnetic radiation pressure have been made on individual silica (SiO2) particles levitated in an electrodynamic balance. These measurements were made by inserting single charged particles of known diameter in the 0.2- to 6.82-¿m range and irradiating them from above with laser radiation focused to beam widths of ~175--400 ¿m at ambient pressures ~10-3--10-4 torr. The downward displacement of the particle due to the radiation force is balanced by the electrostatic force indicated by the compensating dc potential applied to the balance electrodes, providing a direct measure of the radiation force on the levitated particle. Theoretical calculations of the radiation pressure with a least-squares fit to the measured data yield the radiation pressure efficiencies of the particles, and comparisons with Mie scattering theory calculations provide the imaginary part of the refractive index of SiO2 and the corresponding extinction and scattering efficiencies.

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Interplanetary Physics, Interplanetary dust, Interplanetary Physics, Instruments and techniques, Planetology, Comets and Small Bodies, Dust, Planetology, Fluid Planets, Rings and dust, Planetology, Solar System Objects, Dust
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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