Time-averaged total force on a dipolar sphere in an electromagnetic field.

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  "outcomes": [
    "time-averaged total force on a subwavelength particle in a time-harmonic electromagnetic field",
    "treatment of radiative reaction term in polarizability for scattering force",
    "accuracy assessment of polarizability models"
  ],
  "main_findings": "The paper derives the time-averaged total force on a subwavelength-sized particle in a time-harmonic field without restricting the spatial dependence of the incident field. It discusses adding a radiative reaction term to the polarizability to correctly treat the scattering force and evaluates the accuracy of several existing polarizability models.",
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  "evidence_strength": "insufficient",
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  "peer_reviewed_likely": "yes",
  "keywords": [
    "time-averaged force",
    "dipolar sphere",
    "subwavelength particle",
    "time-harmonic field",
    "radiative reaction",
    "polarizability",
    "scattering force"
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