Adiabatic invariance. IV. Note on a new method for Lorentz's pendulum problem

Adiabatic invariance. IV. Note on a new method for Lorentz's pendulum problem

\NN \LS OF J'HYSIC‘S: 27, $25-428 Abstracts of (1964) Papers to Appear in Future Issues 111 the rcluation of the t,itle, 0 = w(t) is a sl...

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OF

J'HYSIC‘S:

27, $25-428

Abstracts

of

(1964)

Papers

to Appear

in Future

Issues

111 the rcluation of the t,itle, 0 = w(t) is a slowly varying function of t for - E < I < z If w is replaced by a constant equal to the momentary value W, at t = 7. the modified equ:tticIn has an integral

and for appropriate and .\-, of period

,\ssociated

with

I-, and (’ > 0, there

this

there

is an “adiabatic

It is shown t,hat J(t) is constant the slou-ness of variation of w.

in - z

is a “rnornentary”

periodic

motion

between

s = S’

invariant”

< f < CC to error

0(e”2),

whew

e is a measure

of

.I/liabutic Inmrictnce. IT.. ,\‘ote on CL A\Te~r: Method j”or Lorentz’s Pendulum Problenl. J. E. I,IWI.EWOOI~, Trinity College, Cambridge, England. The Note sketches an alternative met.hod for the problem, which was discussed in another paper. The new method seems likely to be better suited than the old for a discussion and it has some formal inkrest.