Introduction to Electrodynamics · Problem 9.13

Electromagnetic Waves — David J. Griffiths

Physics · maxwell-stress-tensor-waves

Problem

Find all elements of the Maxwell stress tensor for a monochromatic plane wave traveling in the zz direction and linearly polarized in the xx direction (Eq. 9.48). Does your answer make sense? (Remember that −T↔-\overleftrightarrow{T} represents the momentum flux density.) How is the momentum flux density related to the energy density, in this case?

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