LAGRANGIANS FOR N POINT MASSES AT THE 2ND POST-NEWTONIAN APPROXIMATION OF GENERAL-RELATIVITY
LAGRANGIANS FOR N POINT MASSES AT THE 2ND POST-NEWTONIAN APPROXIMATION OF GENERAL-RELATIVITY
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00773685
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
SCHAFER, G
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作者:
DAMOUR, T;SCHAFER, G
We study the effect of an infinitesimal coordinate transformation on the Lagrangian and on the metric functional of a system ofnpoint masses. We show how to compute the Lagrangians ofnpoint masses at the second postNewtonian approximation of general relativity in different coordinate systems. The Lagrangians are shown to depend on the accelerations except in a special class of coordinates. This class includes the coordinates associated with the canonical formalism of Arnowitt, Deser, and Misner, but excludes most other coordinate systems used in the literature (notably the harmonic one).