Dozen arguments in favor of the Minkowski form of the momentum of light in matter

Abstract

We present arguments based on various physical phenomena that the light pulse in the optical medium corresponds to the Minkowski approach and is n times larger than that in free space, where n is the reflective index of the optical medium. Then we refute a single opposite argument in the form of the Balazs thought experiment, according to which the Abraham approach is correct and the momentum of light in the optical medium decreases by n times. Thus, after a dozen arguments presented in favor of the Minkowski approach, we conclude that the age-old debate about a magnitude of the momentum of light in an optical medium should be completed in favor of Minkowski.