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Classical Mechanics 2, Spring 2014 CMI Problem set 13 Due by the beginning of lecture on Monday Apr 7, 2014 Force free motion of a symmetric top, Euler angles 1. h12i Consider force free motion of a symmetric top with I1 = I2 , as discussed in the lecture. Suppose the axis of the top makes an angle θ , 0 with the fixed direction of L. (a) h6i Find the angle α between the angular velocity vector Ω and angular momentum vector L (α is half the opening angle of the cone swept out by Ω). Express α in terms of θ , the principal moments of inertia and the magnitude of angular momentum L. How does α depend on time and L? (b) h3i Suppose I1 → I3 so that the symmetric top becomes a spherical top. Based on our study of the spherical top, what do you expect to happen to α? Is this expectation fulfilled by the above formula for α? (c) h3i It can be shown that to take the limit of a rigid rotator (starting from a symmetric top), cos θ must tend to zero faster than I3 . Using this, find the limiting value of α for a rigid rotator. Does it agree with the value obtained in our study of a rigid rotator? 2. h5i Euler angles θ, φ, ψ, were defined in the lecture (see the lecture notes). Express the generalized velocities θ̇, φ̇, ψ̇ in terms of the angular velocity components Ω1 , Ω2 , Ω3 . 3. h6i Consider force free rotational motion of a symmetric top ( I1 = I2 , I3 ) described in terms of Euler angles. Let the co-rotating axes x, y, z by chosen along principal axes of inertia. We follow the notation adopted in the lecture and notes. Write the Lagrangian and find the momenta conjugate to the Euler angles and identify which are conserved. From the figure, identify which among pθ , pφ , pψ corresponds to the Z component of angular momentum LZ , and which corresponds to the z component Lz . 1
