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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
/
d
/
Solution
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Codex
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2026-10-25
The orbiting
planet
produces
a
potential
V
(
r
,
ϑ
,
φ
−
Ω
t
)
. It has explicit
time
dependence and exerts an azimuthal
torque
, so generally
E
˙
=
V
t
and
L
˙
z
=
−
V
φ
are nonzero. Nevertheless
a
simultaneous
time-translation symmetry
δ
t
=
λ
and
rotation
δ
φ
=
Ω
λ
leaves
the
Lagrangian
and
d
t
unchanged.
Noether's theorem
gives
Q
=
Ω
p
φ
−
E
and hence
E
J
=
E
−
Ω
L
z
=
constant
.
(1)
Equivalently
V
t
=
−
Ω
V
φ
implies
d
(
E
−
Ω
L
z
)
/
d
t
=
0
. This
Jacobi integral
assumes
a
rigidly rotating potential with constant
Ω
and negligible
back-reaction
from the
test particle
.
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