Gauge Freedom in the N-body problem of Celestial Mechanics

Abstract

We summarise research reported in (Efroimsky 2002, 2003; Efroimsky and Goldreich 2003a,b) and develop its application to planetary equations in non-inertial frames. We provide a practical example illustrating how the gauge formalism considerably simplifies the calculation of satellite motion about an oblate precessing planet.

Submitted to the "Astronomy and Astrophysics"

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• Gauge Symmetry of the N-body Problem in the Hamilton-Jacobi Approach

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