{"id":581,"date":"2018-11-12T05:02:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T05:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phyp01.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/?post_type=chapter&p=581"},"modified":"2019-04-29T06:19:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T06:19:09","slug":"canonical-transformation-ii","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/phyp01\/chapter\/canonical-transformation-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Canonical Transformation II"},"content":{"raw":"
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  1. Introduction<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n \r\n

    A particle in a central\u2013force field may execute bounded or open noncircular motion depending on the nature of the force. If the particle in executing one complete revolution does not return to its original position it signals a deviation from the inverse \u2013 square law force however slight. An irregularity in the motion of the planet mercury was observed. It was observed that the perihelion of mercury that the semi-major axis advances at the rate of roughly 574 sec. of arc per century. Calculation of the influence of other planets predicted an advance of approximately 531 sec of arc per century leaving a deficit of about 40 sec of arc per century. Einstein\u2019s General Theory of Relativity in post \u2013 Newtonian approximation was able to account for this difference of 43 sec of arc per century and became one of the greatest triumphs of General Relativity. In this unit we will discuss the conditions for closed orbits, stability of the orbits and an estimate of the advance of the perihelion of mercury in the presence of deviations from the inverse-square law.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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    1. Open and Closed Orbits:<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n \r\n

      We saw earlier that the radial velocity of a particle in a central field is given by<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n

      Substituting for U from (10.24) and writing<\/p>\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nThus the perihelion advance or the shift in the semi-major axis is proportional to the strength of the inverse cubic repulsive force and the orbit is a \u2018precessing ellipse\u2019<\/strong> shown in Fig. 1.\r\n

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      1. Summary<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n