Post on 18-Jan-2016
Bohr Modelof Particle MotionIn the Schwarzschild Metric
Weldon J. Wilson
Department of Physics
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, Oklahoma
Email: wwilson@ucok.edu
WWW: http://www.physics.ucok.edu/~wwilson
OUTLINE
Schwarzschild Metric Effective Potential Bound States - Circular Orbits Bohr Quantization Summary
SCHWARZSCHILD METRIC2222221222 sin drdrdrdtcds
2SS 2
1cGM
rr
r
where
dtc
rc
rcr
mc
drdrdrdtcmc
dsmcS
2
222
2
22
2
212
222222122
sin
sin
Leads to the action
And corresponding Lagrangian
2
222
2
22
2
212 sin
cr
cr
cr
mcL
HAMILTONIAN FORMULATIONUsing the standard procedure, the Lagrangian
With
Yields the Hamiltonian
2
222
2
22
2
212 sin
cr
cr
cr
mcL
L
pL
prL
pr ,,
LpprpH r
22
22
2
2222242
sinr
pc
r
pccpcmH r
ORBITAL MOTIONThe Hamiltonian
Leads to planar orbits with conserved angular momentum
Using
22
22
2
2222242
sinr
pc
r
pccpcmH r
2
2222242
rcL
cpcmH r
Lpp constant,2
,0
CIRCULAR ORBITSFor circular orbits
And the Hamiltonian
becomes
2
2222242
rcL
cpcmH r
0constant rpRr
2
2242
2222
2242
RcL
cm
cpRcL
cmH r
0
EFFECTIVE POTENTIALThe Hamiltonian for circular orbits
is the total energy (rest energy + effective potential energy) of the mass m in a circular orbit of radius R in the “field” of the mass M.
2S2
2242S 2
,1cGM
rRcL
cmR
rH
2
2242S1
RcL
cmR
rE
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
1.1
1 10 100
R/Rs
E/m
c2
2
2242S
eff 1RcL
cmR
rVE
EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL
RADIAL FORCE EQUATIONThe radial force equation can be obtained from
Differentiation gives
2/1
3
22
2
224242
4
22
3
22
2
42
23
2
rcLr
rcL
rrcm
cm
rcLr
rcL
rrcm
Fss
ss
r
Which must vanish for the circular orbit ( )
2
2242Seff 1,
rcL
cmr
rE
rE
r
VFr
0rp
ALLOWED RADII OF ORBITSSetting
For the circular orbits produces the quadratic
Which can be solved for the allowed radii
02
3
22/1
3
22
2
224242
4
22
3
22
2
42
R
cLr
RcL
R
rcmcm
R
cLr
RcL
R
rcm
Fss
ss
r
032 2222242 cLrRcLRrcm ss
22
2
222
2
311
cmLr
rcm
LR s
s
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
1.1
1 10 100
R/Rs
E/m
c2
ALLOWED RADII
R+R-
BOHR QUANTIZATIONUsing the Bohr quantization condition
One obtains from
The quantized allowed radii
22
2
222
2
311
cmLr
rcm
LR s
s
,3,2,1 nnL
,3,2,1n
mcn
rr
r
nRn
C2
C2
2S
S2S
2C
2
,3
11
ENERGY – CIRCULAR ORBITSFrom the quadratic resulting from the radial force equation
One obtains
Putting this into
032 2222242 cLrRcLRrcm ss
S
2S
222
32 rR
RrcmL
2
2242S1
RcL
cmR
rE
Results in
)(
)(
S23
22
rRR
rRmcE S
ENERGY QUANTIZATIONFrom the energy
One obtains the quantized energy levels
where
)(
)(
S23
22
rRR
rRmcE S
,3,2,1,)(
)(
S23
2S2
n
rRR
rRmcE
nn
nn
mcn
rr
r
nRn
C2
C2
2S
S2S
2C
2
,3
11
References
Robert M. Wald, General Relativity (Univ of Chicago Press, 1984) pp 136-148.
Bernard F. Schutz, A First Course in General Relativity (Cambridge Univ Press, 1985) pp 274-288.
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