title: Observation of displacement momentum in normal and chiral dielectrics.
abstract: We argue that displacement currents in dielectrics are in general accompanied by mechanical momentum through total momentum conservation, quite analogous to the Einstein-de Haas effect. We report the first observation of such displacement momentum, generated by a time varying electric field in a dielectric, and by a time varying magnetic field in a chiral dielectric.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, UPR3228 CNRS/INSA/UJF/UPS, 31400 Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: G L J A
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Rikken
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: van Tiggelen