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Answer by ProfRob for What's the force experienced by a hydrogen atom when it...
The rate of photon absorption is $$ n = \int B_{12}I(\nu)\phi(\nu) d\nu\ ,$$per atom, where $I(\nu)$ is the specific intensity, $B_{12}$ is the absorption Einstein coefficient (as defined by this...
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As I mentioned in the comments, the mechanism described in the OP is used in the laser cooling of atoms, and the detailed derivations of the force can be found by googling (although they may be...
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Suppose a hydrogen atom is a distance $d$ away from a star (approximate the star as a blackbody). The radius of the star is $R$ and the its temperature is $T$. The hydrogen atom absorbs photons from...
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