Milankovitch equations with spinors
Abstract
We investigate the use of spinors to describe the secular evolution of quasi-Keplerian systems. Evaluating their Poisson brackets, we show that the components of a properly-chosen spinor are canonical variables. We illustrate this formalism with a satellite's motion around an oblate body.
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Astrophysics [astro-ph]| Origin | Publisher files allowed on an open archive |
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