Published April 21, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Analytical formulation of a complex mutual gravitational field

  • 1. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (United States)
  • 2. Radio and Geoastronomy Division, Mail Stop 80, Cambridge, MA (United States)

Description

The mutual gravitational potential for proximate bodies with an arbitrary mass topology is investigated. The current research is motivated by an experiment for the verification of the equivalence principle in gravitation. The gravitation model for the experiment is complex and requires high precision. The proposed methodology is to formulate the potential in terms of inertial integrals and the so-called outer integrals. The method is general and can represent any gravitational configuration. Approximating the outer integrals by radial basis functions reduces the complexity for a real-time dynamical simulation

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/21/2089/cqg4_8_012.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
21
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 2089-2100
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35083394
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; CONFIGURATION; EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; MASS; SIMULATION; TOPOLOGY
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICS