A New Approach on the Photoelectric Effect

Fran de Aquino (1)

1 INPE - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais

When photons hit a material surface they exert a pressure on it. It was shown that this pressure has a negative component (opposite to the direction of propagation of the photons) due to the existence of the negative linear momentum transported by the photons. Here we show that, in the photoelectric effect, the electrons are ejected by the action of this negative component of the momentum transported by the light photons. It is still shown that, also the gravitational interaction results from the action of this negative component of the momentum transported by specific photons.

Mots clés: Photoelectric effect; Photoelectrons; Radiation Pressure; Gravitational Interaction

Domaines: Physique Générale [physics.gen-ph]

Fran de Aquino. A New Approach on the Photoelectric Effect. 2014. ⟨hal-01092490⟩