It is easy to show that two inertial observers in relative motion do not agree on the conservation of linear momentum when they observe emission of one photon.
The thought experiment:
An LED flashlight in an intergalactic space emits one photon (wave packet) with the momentum P.
The recoil generated velocity vrecoil represents the conservation of the linear momentum.
The figure represents the LED flashlight rest frame and the recoil direction is through the flashlight center of mass G.
The end result is linear motion of the LED flashlight in the vrecoil direction.
Any comments so far?
Do we have an agreement this is the case?
The thought experiment:
An LED flashlight in an intergalactic space emits one photon (wave packet) with the momentum P.
The recoil generated velocity vrecoil represents the conservation of the linear momentum.
The figure represents the LED flashlight rest frame and the recoil direction is through the flashlight center of mass G.
The end result is linear motion of the LED flashlight in the vrecoil direction.
Any comments so far?
Do we have an agreement this is the case?
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