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The luminosity a body would have to have for the force generated by radiation pressure to exceed the
gravitational force. The force due to radiation pressure is given by
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where L is the luminosity, is the Thomson cross section, r is the radius, and c is the
speed of light, and the gravitational force is
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where G is the gravitational constant, M is the mass of the body, and m is the mass of a particle.
Equating (2) and (1) gives
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(3) |
© 1996-2007 Eric W. Weisstein
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