{{page>wiki:headers:hheader}} =====Homework for Reduced Mass ===== - (CentralForce) \textit{Determine whether several common forces in nature are central forces.}{{page>homework:ph426questions:centralforce}} - {{page>homework:ph426questions:centralforcea}} - {{page>homework:ph426questions:centralforceb}} - {{page>homework:ph426questions:centralforcec}} - (FreeCentralForce) \textit{A simple check on your understanding of center-of-mass motion.} {{page>homework:ph426questions:freecentralforce}} - (PlanarOrbit) \textit{A simple check on your understanding of classical angular momentum.}} {{page>homework:ph426questions:planarorbit}} - (ReducedMassLG) \textit{How does the reduced mass depend on the two original masses.?} {{page>homework:ph426questions:reducedmasslg}} - (UndoReduced) \textit{Once you have solved for the motion of the reduced mass, you must "undo" the substitutions that you made to find the motions of your original two masses.} {{page>homework:ph426questions:undoreduced}} - {{page>homework:ph426questions:undoreduceda}} - {{page>homework:ph426questions:undoreducedb}} - (SunJupiter) \textit{Get a sense for the position of the center of mass for planets in our solar system.} {{page>homework:ph426questions:sunjupiter}} - {{page>homework:ph426questions:sunjupitera}} - {{page>homework:ph426questions:sunjupiterb}} - (CMLandT) \textit{Explicitly show how the kinetic energy and angular momentum of a two particle system is related to the energy and angular momentum of the center of mass and reduced mass system.} {{page>homework:ph426questions:cmlandt}} - {{page>homework:ph426questions:cmlandta}} - {{page>homework:ph426questions:cmlandtb}} {{page>wiki:footers:courses:cffooter}}