Chemomechanics t1_j8s6uup wrote
Reply to comment by thickener in Does refracting light impart momentum onto the object that is refracting it, for the duration of the refraction? by TheFeshy
No one thing is decelerating or accelerating. The photon–matter interaction propagates slower than c.
See the discussion here and the links within, for example.
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