Consider a source at infinity radiating a light of intensity I. A spherical ball is given a velocity V towards the direction of source. Find the distance travelled by the ball before coming momentarily to rest.
Given:
mass of the ball
m
=
π
kg
radius
R
=
1
m
initial velocity
V
=
2
m/s
intensity
I
=
1
W
/
m
2
speed of light
c
=
3
×
1
0
8
m/s
Assumptions:
1. The sphere is perfectly reflecting
.
2. Consider no rotational motion, only translational motion.
3.All surfaces are smooth.
if answer can be given as
p
×
1
0
8
m
Then find the integer p ?
Nice question @Shubhendu Gupta ! I used the fact that power = force * velocity to calculate the retarding force . Dividing this force by the mass of body we get the retarding acceleration. Then, by applying v^2-u^2 =2as I found the distance to be 2*c. Hence the answer. :)