The rocket problem in general relativity

DOI10.1007/S10957-012-0023-8MaRDI QIDQ1937072zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Pedro G. Henriques, José Natário

Publication date 11 February 2013

Published in Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.5235

zbMATH Keywords

Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker modelsgeneral relativityHohmann manoeuvreoptimal trajectoryrelativistic rocketSchwarzschild solution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

Abstract: We derive the covariant optimality conditions for rocket trajectories in general relativity, with and without a bound on the magnitude of the proper acceleration. The resulting theory is then applied to solve two specific problems: the minimum fuel consumption transfer between two galaxies in a FLRW model, and between two stable circular orbits in the Schwarzschild spacetime.

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