On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 8:54 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: The gas is contained within a cavity that is dimensioned and tuned to the > laser > light wavelength, just like an ordinary gas laser. AFAIK the protons are > accelerated along the axis of the laser. >
My thought was that the light would go back and forth within the cavity, resulting in a net force of zero on the protons. In that case, would it only be once the light emerges from an opening on one side of the cavity and exited that a positive force could be exerted on a body? Eric
