Potential of a gaussian ring. A new approach |
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| Authors: | B P Kondratyev |
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| Institution: | 1. Udmurt State University, Izhevsk, Russia
2. Central Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences at Pulkovo, St. Petersburg, Russia
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| Abstract: | A fundamentally new approach to an elliptic Gaussian ring has been developed. It has been ascertained that it can be produced from a uniform plane elliptic disk by mass balayage into an elementary homothetic layer with the center of homothety at an ellipse focus. An advantage of new interpretation is in the fact that the spatial potential of a Gaussian ring is expressed in terms of the potential of a uniform elliptic disk, well-known in the finite form, and its derivatives. A general formula for the potential of a two-dimensional homothetic layer has been derived with this purpose. As a result, the potential of a Gaussian ring is represent-able in a simple analytical form in terms of standard complete elliptic integrals in both elliptic and Cartesian coordinates. The mass asymmetry along the ring is considered explicitly. The potential formulas are verified numerically and have no singular points at ellipse foci. Particular cases are considered; the 3D potential surface and system of equipotentials are constructed. Knowledge of the potential extends the range of application of a Gaussian ring in the problem of calculation of secular perturbations in celestial mechanics. |
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