A light source radiates a sinusoidal electromagnetic wave uniformly in all directions. This wave exerts an average pressure p on a perfectly reflecting surface a distance R away from it. What average pressure (in terms of p) would this wave exert on a perfectly absorbing surface that was twice as far from the source?
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A light source radiates a sinusoidal
uniformly
in all directions. This wave exerts an average pressure p on
a perfectly reflecting surface a distance R away from it. What average
pressure (in terms of p) would this wave exert on a perfectly absorbing
surface that was twice as far from the source?
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