https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1603.07224/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15032637urn:hackerpapers:mention:1603.07224:15032637Thu, 17 Aug 2017 00:29:02 GMT<p>The article referenced in that piece is available here, from the arxiv: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1603.07224.pdf The article has been up for some time, but has just now been published by Physical Review A; it is common practice for physicists to post a preprint on arxiv prior to publication, which happens after peer-review. The momentum paradox you refer to is (possibly?) the Abraham-Minkowski controversy ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham-Minkowski_controversy ) about electromagnetic momentum in dielectric media. I&#x27;m not an expert on this subject, but I would doubt that this new work…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1603.07224/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.opticshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14683918urn:hackerpapers:mention:1603.07224:14683918Sun, 02 Jul 2017 19:21:31 GMT<p>The article like nearly every physical article has its preprint available on the arxiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.07224 note: &quot;on the arxiv&quot; and not &quot;on arxiv&quot;. The name puns on x =&gt; greek letter chi.</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1603.07224/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.optics