The hodograph method for relativistic Coulomb systems
Autor: | Ben-Ya'acov, Uri |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
Popis: | Relativistic Coulomb systems are studied in velocity space, prompted by the fact that the study of Newtonian Kepler/Coulomb systems in velocity space provides a method much simpler (and more elegant) than the familiar analytic solutions in ordinary space. The key for the simplicity and elegance of the velocity-space method is the linearity of the velocity equation, which is a unique feature of $1/r$ interactions for Newtonian and relativistic systems alike, allowing relatively simple analytic discussion with coherent geometrical interpretations. Relativistic velocity space is a 3-D hyperboloid ($H^3$) embedded in a 3+1 pseudo-Euclidean space. The orbits in velocity space for the various types of possible trajectories are discussed, accompanied with illustrations. Comment: 24 pages, 13 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1701.04035 |
Databáze: | arXiv |
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