Paper 3, Section I, B
A particle of mass experiences a repulsive central force of magnitude , where is its distance from the origin. Write down the Hamiltonian of the system.
The Laplace-Runge-Lenz vector for this system is defined by
where is the angular momentum and is the radial unit vector. Show that
where is the Poisson bracket. What are the integrals of motion of the system? Show that the polar equation of the orbit can be written as
where and are non-negative constants.
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