Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 33 - Electromagnetic Waves - Problems - Page 1006: 74b

Answer

$R = 5.8\times 10^{-7}~m$

Work Step by Step

Let $r$ be the radius of the particle. To find the critical radius, we can equate the magnitude of the gravitational force and the force from the radiation pressure: $\frac{G~M_s~M}{d^2} = \frac{I~A}{c}$ $\frac{G~M_s~V~\rho}{d^2} = \frac{I~\pi~r^2}{c}$ $\frac{G~M_s~\frac{4}{3}\pi~r^3~\rho}{d^2} = \frac{I~\pi~r^2}{c}$ $\frac{4~G~M_s~r~\rho}{3d^2} = \frac{I}{c}$ The critical radius $R$ is the value of $r$ which makes this equation true. We can find $R$: $\frac{4~G~M_s~R~\rho}{3d^2} = \frac{I}{c}$ $\frac{4~G~M_s~R~\rho}{3d^2} = \frac{P}{4~\pi~d^2c}$ $R = \frac{3P}{16~\pi~c~G~M_s~\rho}$ $R = \frac{(3)(3.90\times 10^{26}~W)}{(16~\pi)~(3.0\times 10^8~m/s)~(6.67\times 10^{-11}~N~m^2/kg^2)~(2.0\times 10^{30}~kg)~(1000~kg/m^3)}$ $R = 5.8\times 10^{-7}~m$
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