I have seen that the electric field of a dipole antenna detaches and propagates.
For a section of the detached electric field, will the antenna experience recoil if the detached field moves a charged object?
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$\begingroup$ I don't think the charge would move in a particular direction, it would oscillate in place. $\endgroup$– PukCommented May 6, 2023 at 15:07
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In the farfield where the E-field is propagating as a transverse EM wave, it will interact with your charged particle causing the particle to move in the direction of the E-field. Because of this, the particle is itself accelerated and will as a result emit its own EM wave, back in the direction of your dipole. This will take time to arrive but when it does I believe it will transfer momentum to your antenna. It's not recoil as such but it is a force backwards due to the presence of the charge.
In the near field it is more complex.
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$\begingroup$ Please be more specific about how that partial emits it’s own em wave. By the way in this case the particle (object) would be pushed down in this instance $\endgroup$ Commented May 6, 2023 at 11:08
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