Problem 4*: (Motion along a spiral) A particle of mass m moves in a gravitational field...
#1 A particle of mass, m, moves in a field whose potential energy in spherical coordinates has a 2 , where r and are the standard variables of spherical coordinates and k is a positive constant. Find Hamiltonian and Hamilton's equations of motion for this particle. form of V --k cose
Mechanics. 3. A particle of mass m moves in one dimension, and has position r(t) at time t. The particle has potential energy V(x) and its relativistic Lagrangian is given by where mo is the rest mass of the particle and c is the speed of light (a) Writing qr and denoting by p its associated canonical momenta, show that the Hamiltonian is given by (show it from first principles rather than using the energy mzc2 6 marks (b) Write...
Mechanics. Need help with c) and d) 1. A particle of mass m moves in three dimensions, and has position r(t)-(x(t), y(t), z(t)) at time t. The particle has potential energy V(x, y, 2) so that its Lagrangian is given by where i d/dt, dy/dt, dz/dt (a) Writing q(q2.93)-(r, y, z) and denoting by p (p,P2, ps) their associated canonical momenta, show that the Hamiltonian is given by (show it from first principles rather than using the energy) H(q,p)H(g1, 92,9q3,...
# Problem 1 # Suppose a point-mass particle with mass, 'm', moving in a gravitational potential, 'U(r)', where 'r' is the distance from the center of the potential. A positional vector and momentum vector of a particle are vec r' and "vec p', respectively. (\vec means vector symbol.) Q1) An angular momentum vector vec J' is defined as vec J = \vec r x \vec p. Show that \vec J is conserved in such a gravitational potential U(r) which depends...
A charged particle with mass M and charge q moves in the x – y plane. There is a magnetic field of magnitude B in the z-direction and an electric field E in the x-direction. (a) Find the Lagrangian in a form where there is an ignorable coordinate. (b) Find the energy function. Is it energy? Is it conserved? Explain why. (c) Find and solve the equations of motion.
3. The Hamiltonian of a particle of mass m and charge q in a static magnetic field may be written 2 where πί Pi-qAi(x). We shall assume that the magnetic field B is uniform, so that AiEijkBjxk is a suitable choice. (a) Find Hamilton's equation of motion for the particle. (Hint: To simplify the algebra, use the chain rule to write9and similarly for p) 8H UT, 0z,, and similarly for Sp use the chain rule to write oz (b) Show...
JUST ANSWER PART B A. A point mass m moves frictionlessly on a horizontal plane. An unusual, anharmonic spring with unstretched length ro is attached between a pivot at the origin and the mass. Let the radial force exerted by the spring be given by Fr =-c(r-ro)" where c is a positive constant. Using plane polar coordinates r and θ: (i) Write down the Lagrangian L(r, θ,0) and use Lagrange's method to find the equations of motion for the mass...
3. A particle with mass m and charge q moves in a uniform magnetic filed of magnitude B that is oriented along the z axis. (a) Neglecting the effects of spin and using the so-called Landau gauge with the vector po- tential given by A = (-By,0,0), show that the Hamiltonian may be written as À = 2m 2 ++øp +29BD2y +(, 2] (1) с (b) Because Pa and Êz commute with Ĥ, the time-independent Schrödinger equation for (x, y,...
4. Determine approximately the law of motion of a particle of mass m in the field Ucx) in the vicinity of turning point of motion E-Ua) where E is total energy. Proceed by expanding U(x) in a Taylor series about x-a. Consider the cases when (a) U(a)#0 and 5. Find the law according to which the period of motion T for a particle of mass nm moving in the field sketched below approaches infinity as ε=um-E goes to zero. The...
PROBLEM 2 (10 POINTS) A particle moves with constant velocity u along the curve r = k(1 + cosO) (a cardioid. where k is a constant. Find a f, lal, and 0.