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The Laplace transform of tex2html_wrap_inline1056

Putting the results of §§2.1-2.3 together, we can derive the Laplace transform of tex2html_wrap_inline1056 and using equations (5)--(8) to get the distribution function of the dressed particle.

First, for a particular spherical harmonic, the action-angle transform of tex2html_wrap_inline1060 is
 eqnarray136
where tex2html_wrap_inline1062 is a some general well-behaved function of time. The quantity tex2html_wrap_inline1064 is shorthand for W with tex2html_wrap_inline1068. Because the motion of a star on a regular orbit is quasi-periodic, we will consider terms tex2html_wrap_inline1062 with pure sinusoidal dependence: tex2html_wrap_inline1072. Substituting this into equation (9) and Laplace transforming gives the desired result:
  equation161
where the Laplace transform of tex2html_wrap_inline1072 is
equation176


Martin D. Weinberg
Wed Jul 16 10:06:31 EDT 1997