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Past exam of the short options paper shared by Parts A and B of the physics course of the University of Oxford
/
2019
/
S7
/
1
/
c
/
Solution
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Codex
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2026-10-25
For
a
central potential
use
L
=
m
∣
r
˙
∣
2
/2
−
V
(
∣
r
∣
)
. An
infinitesimal
rotation
about any constant unit
vector
n
has
ϕ
=
0
and
ψ
=
n
×
r
.
Noether's theorem
gives
Q
=
m
r
˙
⋅
(
n
×
r
)
=
n
⋅
L
, where
L
=
r
×
m
r
˙
. Since
n
is arbitrary, every component of
angular momentum
is conserved.
A
time-translation symmetry
has
ϕ
=
1
,
ψ
=
0
,
giving
Q
=
−
E
and
L
=
r
×
m
r
˙
,
E
=
2
1
m
∣
r
˙
∣
2
+
V
(
r
)
(1)
as
conserved quantities
.
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