Published April 21, 2004
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Journal article
Analytical formulation of a complex mutual gravitational field
Creators
- 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
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/21/2089/cqg4_8_012.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
- DOI
- 10.1088/0264-9381/21/8/012;
- PII
- S0264-9381(04)70859-X;
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