Talk:Reduced mass
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I guss a picture of the two-body system would be a good idea?
[edit] significance of reduced mass
it was nice to read the concept of reduced mass from this site. can any one plz tell me the physical significancr of reduced mass . also if one body is moving with velocity 'a' and another with velocity 'b' then how can we find the velocity of reduced mass.
it was nice to read the concept of reduced mass from this site. can any one plz tell me the physical significancr of reduced mass . also if one body is moving with velocity 'a' and another with velocity 'b' then how can we find the velocity of reduced mass. can u plz mail me its answer to :pbasu41@yahoo.com
I don't think the reduced mass has a velocity in your term! i mean the reduced mass is not a certain amount of mass in a certain point, it is just the certain amount of mass in the mass center point. you may want to argue to find what is the velocity of the mass center..... not the reduced mass. In reduced mass it doesn't matter how far and how are the masses from each other. it only depends on the mass of the separate masses.
One of the places that we use it is in the radius of the Bohr orbit. you can see we use the reduced mass foe electron and proton in there. When ever you have to know what happens to the system (not the elements) and you are looking forward the mass center you may use the reduced mass. -sona- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Astrosona (talk • contribs) 23:56, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
