Hamiltonian two-body system in special relativity

DOI10.1007/S10773-011-0856-1zbMATH Open1242.83004arXiv1006.5443OpenAlexW3104198221MaRDI QIDQ429899FDOQ429899

Authors: Philippe Droz-Vincent 

Publication date: 20 June 2012

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider an isolated system made of two pointlike bodies interacting at a distance in the nonradiative approximation. Our framework is the covariant and a priori Hamiltonian formalism of "predictive relativistic mechanics", founded on the equal-time condition. The center of mass is rather a center of energy. Individual energies are separately conserved and the meaning of their positivity is discussed in terms of world-lines. Several results derived decades ago under restrictive assumptions are extended to the general case. Relative motion has a structure similar to that of a nonrelativistic one-body motion in a stationnary external potential, but its evolution parameter is generally not a linear function of the center-of-mass time, unless the relative motion is circular (in this latter case the motion is periodic in the center-of-mass time). Finally the case of an extreme mass ratio is investigated. When this ratio tends to zero the heavy body coincides with the center of mass provided that a certain first integral, related to the binding energy is not too large.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.5443

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Special relativity (83A05) Relativistic dynamics for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H40)

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