 Heavy symmetric top Hamiltonian

ID: heavy-symmetric-top-hamiltonian

Codex  0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03

With transverse and axial moments

I, J

H = \frac{p _{θ}^{2}}{2 I} + \frac{( p _{ϕ} - p _{ψ} c o s θ ) ^{2}}{2 I s i n ^{2} θ} + \frac{p _{ψ}^{2}}{2 J} + M g a cos θ .

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