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==Wong Toroidal Coordinates== ===Wong's Expression for the Potential=== This chapter has been put together in an effort to lay the groundwork for an evaluation of [[Apps/DysonWongTori#Wong_.281973.2C_1974.29|Wong's (1973)]] derived expression for the gravitational potential both inside and outside of a uniform-density, axisymmetric torus. After multiplying his expression by the negative of {{ Math/C_GravitationalConstant }}, then replacing his total charge, <math>~q</math>, with the total mass, <math>~M</math>, Wong's ''interior'' (i.e., <math>~\eta^' > \eta_0</math>) solution is, <div align="center" id="Wong1973Interior"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~U(\eta^',\theta^')\biggr|_{\mathrm{for}~\eta^' \ge \eta_0}</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~- \frac{2^{5 / 2} a^2 G}{3} \biggl[ \frac{1}{2\pi^2 a^2}\biggl(\frac{M}{a}\biggr) \frac{\sinh^3 \eta_0}{\cosh\eta_0} \biggr] \biggl\{ - \frac{3\pi^2}{2^{5/ 2}} \biggl[ \frac{\sinh^2\eta^'}{(\cosh \eta^' - \cos \theta^')^2} \biggr] +~ (\cosh \eta^' - \cos \theta^')^{1 / 2} </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ \times \sum\limits_{n=0}^\infty \epsilon_n \cos(n\theta^') Q_{n-1 / 2}(\cosh\eta^') B_n(\cosh\eta_0) \biggr\} \, , </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="3"> [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1973AnPhy..77..279W Wong (1973)], Eq. (2.65) </td> </tr> </table> </div> where, <div align="center" id="Wong1973Interior"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~B_n(\cosh\eta_0)</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~\equiv</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ (n+\tfrac{1}{2})P_{n+1/2} (\cosh\eta_0)Q^2_{n-1/2} (\cosh\eta_0) - (n-\tfrac{3}{2})P_{n-1/2} (\cosh\eta_0)Q^2_{n+1/2} (\cosh\eta_0) \, . </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="3"> [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1973AnPhy..77..279W Wong (1973)], Eq. (2.62) </td> </tr> </table> </div> ===Summary of Toroidal Coordinates and Toroidal Functions=== <table border="1" cellpadding="8" width="85%" align="center"> <tr> <th align="center" colspan="1"> Summary </th> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"> Suppose you want to evaluate the potential of a uniform-density torus whose major radius is, <math>~R</math>, and minor cross-sectional radius is, <math>~d</math>. Evaluation of the potential can be relatively easily expressed in terms of a toroidal coordinate system, <math>~(\eta,\theta)</math>, whose "origin" is at a distance, <math>~a</math>, from the symmetry axis, where, <div align="center"> <math>~a^2 \equiv R^2 - d^2 ~~~\Rightarrow ~~~ \frac{a^2}{d^2} = \frac{R^2}{d^2} - 1\, .</math> </div> When expressed in terms of cylindrical coordinates, the meridional-plane location at which the potential is to be evaluated is, <math>~(\varpi, z)</math>, and in toroidal coordinates the location is determined as follows: <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~\rho_1^2</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~\equiv</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~(\varpi - a)^2 + z^2</math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~\rho_2^2</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~\equiv</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~(\varpi + a)^2 + z^2</math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~\eta</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~\ln\biggl( \frac{\rho_2}{\rho_1} \biggr)</math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~\cos\theta</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~\frac{ (\rho_1^2 + \rho_2^2) -4a^2 }{ 2\rho_1 \rho_2 }</math> </td> </tr> </table> The ''surface'' of the uniform-density torus is defined by the toroidal "radial" coordinate, <math>~\eta_0</math>, such that, <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~\cosh\eta_0</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~\frac{R}{d} \, ,</math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~\sinh\eta_0</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~[ \cosh^2\eta_0 - 1 ]^{1 / 2} = \frac{a}{d} \, ,</math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~\tanh\eta_0 = \frac{\sinh\eta_0}{\cosh\eta_0}</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~\frac{a}{R} \, .</math> </td> </tr> </table> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"> The volume of a torus is, <div align="center"> <math>~V = 2\pi R(\pi d^2) \, .</math> </div> When this is rewritten in terms of our toroidal coordinate system, we have, <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~V</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~2\pi^2 a^3 \biggl( \frac{R}{a} \biggr) \biggl( \frac{d}{a} \biggr)^2</math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~2\pi^2 a^3 \biggl( \frac{\cosh\eta_0}{\sinh^3\eta_0} \biggr) \, .</math> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"> Expressions for the relevant toroidal functions are as follows: {{ Math/EQ_PminusHalf01 }} {{ Math/EQ_PplusHalf01 }} <table align="center" cellpadding="5" border="1"> <tr> <td align="center"><math>~P^0_{-\frac{1}{2}}(z)</math></td> <td align="center"><math>~P^0_{+\frac{1}{2}}(z)</math></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [[File:P0minusHalf.png|250px|P0minusHalf]] </td> <td align="center"> [[File:P0plusHalf.png|250px|P0plusHalf]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="2"> See [[Appendix/EquationTemplates#Caption|relevant caption]]. </td> </tr> </table> {{ Math/EQ_QminusHalf01 }} {{ Math/EQ_QplusHalf01 }} where, <math>~K</math> and <math>~E</math> are complete elliptic integrals of the first and second kind, respectively. In equation (23) of [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999ApJ...527...86C Cohl & Tohline (1999)], this last expression has been written in the more compact form, <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~Q_{+\frac{1}{2}}(\chi)</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ \chi \mu K(\mu) - (1+\chi)\mu E(\mu) \, </math> </td> </tr> </table> where, <math>~\mu \equiv [2/(\chi + 1)]^{1 / 2}</math> and, for example, <math>~\chi = \cosh\eta</math>. <table align="center" cellpadding="5" border="1"> <tr> <td align="center"><math>~Q^0_{-\frac{1}{2}}(z)</math></td> <td align="center"><math>~Q^0_{+\frac{1}{2}}(z)</math></td> <td align="center"><math>~Q^0_{+\frac{3}{2}}(z)</math></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> [[File:Q0minus1Half.png|250px|Q0minus1Half]] </td> <td align="center"> [[File:Q0plus1Half.png|250px|Q0plus1Half]] </td> <td align="center"> [[File:Q0plus3Half.png|250px|Q0plus3Half]] </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="3"> See [[Appendix/EquationTemplates#Caption|relevant caption]]. </td> </tr> </table> We also will employ the so-called ''recurrence relation'', {{ Math/EQ_Toroidal04 }} After setting, <math>~\mu = 0</math>, and making the association, <math>~\nu \rightarrow (m - \tfrac{3}{2})</math>, for example, this gives, <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~Q_{m-\frac{1}{2} }(\chi)</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ 4\biggl[ \frac{m-1}{2m-1}\biggr] \chi Q_{m-\frac{3}{2}}(\chi) - \biggl[ \frac{2m-3}{2m-1}\biggr] Q_{m-\frac{5}{2}}(\chi) \, , </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="3"> [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999ApJ...527...86C Cohl & Tohline (1999)], §2.2.2, eq. (25) </td> </tr> </table> which, for all <math>~m \ge 2</math> provides a means by which an expression for the associated toroidal function, <math>~Q_{m - \frac{1}{2}}</math>, can be generated from the foundation pair of expressions given above for <math>~Q_{- \frac{1}{2}}</math> and <math>~Q_{+ \frac{1}{2}}</math>. </td> </tr> </table> ===Asymptotic Behavior=== <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~\lim_{\chi\rightarrow \infty} Q_{m-\frac{1}{2}}(\chi)</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ \frac{\Gamma(m+\frac{1}{2}) \sqrt{\pi} }{ \Gamma(m+1) (2\chi)^{m+\frac{1}{2}} } </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ \frac{\sqrt{\pi} }{ (2\chi)^{m+\frac{1}{2}} } \cdot \biggl[ \Gamma(m+\frac{1}{2}) \biggr] \biggl[ \Gamma(m+1) \biggr]^{-1} </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ \frac{\sqrt{\pi} }{ (2\chi)^{m+\frac{1}{2}} } \cdot \biggl[\frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2^m} \cdot (2m-1)!! \biggr] \biggl[ m (m-1)! \biggr]^{-1} </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ \frac{\pi }{2^{2m+\frac{1}{2}} \chi^{m+\frac{1}{2}} } \cdot \biggl[ \frac{(2m-1)!! }{ m (m-1)! }\biggr] </math> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="1" align="center" cellpadding="8"> <tr><th align="center" colspan="2"> Asymptotic behavior: </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><math>~m</math></td> <td align="center" colspan="1"> <math>~\lim_{\chi\rightarrow \infty} Q_{m-\frac{1}{2}}(\chi)</math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">0</td> <td align="center"> <math>~ \frac{\Gamma(\frac{1}{2}) \sqrt{\pi} }{ \Gamma(1) (2\chi)^{\frac{1}{2}} } = \frac{\pi}{ (2\chi)^{1 / 2} } \, . </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center"> <math>~ \frac{\pi }{2^{5/2} \chi^{3/2} } </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center"> <math>~ \frac{\pi }{2^{\frac{9}{2}} \chi^{\frac{5}{2}} } \cdot \biggl[ \frac{(3)!! }{ 2 }\biggr] = \frac{360~\pi }{2^{9/2} \chi^{5/2} } = \frac{45~\pi }{2^{3/2} \chi^{5/2} } </math> </td> </tr> </table> ===Dimensionless Potential Expression=== Given that the portion of the leading term in Wong's expression that sits inside the square brackets is equivalent to the density, <math>~\rho_0 = M/V</math>, of the torus material — that is, given that, <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~\frac{1}{2\pi^2 a^2}\biggl(\frac{M}{a}\biggr) \frac{\sinh^3 \eta_0}{\cosh\eta_0} </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~\frac{\rho_0 V}{2\pi^2 a^3} \biggl[ \frac{\sinh^3 \eta_0}{\cosh\eta_0} \biggr] </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~\rho_0\, ,</math> </td> </tr> </table> — a reasonable dimensionless version of Wong's expression could be obtained by dividing through by the quantity, <math>~(G\rho_0 a^2) </math>. We prefer, instead, to normalize Wong's expression to the quantity, <math>~GM/R</math> , in which case the dimensionless version of the expression becomes, <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~\frac{U(\eta^',\theta^')}{GM/R} \biggr|_{\mathrm{for}~\eta^' \ge \eta_0}</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~- \frac{2^{5 / 2} }{3} \biggl[ \frac{1}{2\pi^2}\biggl(\frac{R}{a}\biggr) \frac{\sinh^3 \eta_0}{\cosh\eta_0} \biggr] \biggl\{ - \frac{3\pi^2}{2^{5/ 2}} \biggl[ \frac{\sinh^2\eta^'}{(\cosh \eta^' - \cos \theta^')^2} \biggr] +~ (\cosh \eta^' - \cos \theta^')^{1 / 2} </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ \times \sum\limits_{n=0}^\infty \epsilon_n \cos(n\theta^') Q_{n-1 / 2}(\cosh\eta^') B_n(\cosh\eta_0) \biggr\} </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~- \frac{2^{3 / 2} \sinh^2\eta_0 }{3\pi^2}\biggl\{ - \frac{3\pi^2}{2^{5/ 2}} \biggl[ \frac{\sinh^2\eta^'}{(\cosh \eta^' - \cos \theta^')^2} \biggr] +~ (\cosh \eta^' - \cos \theta^')^{1 / 2} </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ \times \sum\limits_{n=0}^\infty \epsilon_n \cos(n\theta^') Q_{n-1 / 2}(\cosh\eta^') B_n(\cosh\eta_0) \biggr\} </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~\sinh^2\eta_0 \biggl\{ \frac{\sinh^2\eta^'}{2 (\cosh \eta^' - \cos \theta^')^2} ~- ~\frac{2^{3 / 2} }{3\pi^2} (\cosh \eta^' - \cos \theta^')^{1 / 2} \sum\limits_{n=0}^\infty \epsilon_n \cos(n\theta^') Q_{n-1 / 2}(\cosh\eta^') B_n(\cosh\eta_0) \biggr\} \, . </math> </td> </tr> </table> </div> ===Prior to the Integration=== The Green's function written in toroidal coordinates is, <table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~ \frac{1}{|\vec{x} - \vec{x}^{~'}|}</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ \frac{1}{\pi \sqrt{\varpi \varpi^'}} \sum_{m=-\infty}^{\infty} e^{im(\phi - \phi^')}Q_{m- 1 / 2}(\chi) \, , </math> </td> </tr> </table> where,<br /> <div align="center"><math>~\chi \equiv \frac{\varpi^2 + (\varpi^')^2 + (z - z^')^2}{2\varpi \varpi^'} \, ,</math> </div> and, <math>~Q_{m - 1 / 2}</math> is the zero-order, half-(odd)integer degree, Llegendre function of the second kind — also referred to as a ''toroidal'' function of zeroth order. Hence, a valid expression for the gravitational potential is, <table border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~ \Phi_B(\varpi,\phi,z)</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ -G \int \frac{1}{|\vec{x}^{~'} - \vec{x}|} ~\rho(\vec{x}^{~'}) d^3x^' </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ -G \int \biggl\{ \frac{1}{\pi \sqrt{\varpi \varpi^'}} \sum_{m=-\infty}^{\infty} e^{im(\phi - \phi^')}Q_{m- 1 / 2}(\chi) \biggr\}~ \rho(\varpi^',\phi^',z^') \varpi^' d\varpi^' d\phi^' dz^' </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ -\frac{G}{\pi \sqrt{\varpi}} \int \rho(\varpi^',\phi^',z^') \sqrt{\varpi^'} d\varpi^' d\phi^' dz^' \sum_{m=0}^{\infty} \epsilon_m \cos[m(\phi - \phi^')] Q_{m- 1 / 2}(\chi) \, , </math> </td> </tr> </table> where, <math>~\epsilon_m</math> is the Neumann factor, that is, <math>~\epsilon_0=1</math> and <math>~\epsilon_m = 2</math> for <math>~m\ge 1</math>. ---- Wong (1973) states that in toroidal coordinates the Green's function is, <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~\frac{1}{|~\vec{r} - {\vec{r}}^{~'} ~|} </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ \frac{1}{\pi a} \biggl[ (\cosh\eta - \cos\theta)(\cosh \eta^' - \cos\theta^') \biggr]^{1 /2 } \sum\limits_{m,n} (-1)^m \epsilon_m \epsilon_n ~\frac{\Gamma(n-m+\tfrac{1}{2})}{\Gamma(n + m + \tfrac{1}{2})} </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ \times \cos[m(\psi - \psi^')][\cos[n(\theta - \theta^')] ~\begin{cases}P^m_{n-1 / 2}(\cosh\eta) ~Q^m_{n-1 / 2}(\cosh\eta^') ~~~\eta^' > \eta \\P^m_{n-1 / 2}(\cosh\eta^') ~Q^m_{n-1 / 2}(\cosh\eta)~~~\eta^' < \eta \end{cases}\, , </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="3"> [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1973AnPhy..77..279W Wong (1973)], Eq. (2.53) </td> </tr> </table> </div> where, <math>~P^m_{n-1 / 2}, Q^m_{n-1 / 2}</math> are "<font color="darkgreen">Legendre functions of the first and second kind with order <math>~n - \tfrac{1}{2}</math> and degree <math>~m</math> (toroidal harmonics)</font>," and <math>~\epsilon_m</math> is the Neumann factor, that is, <math>~\epsilon_0 = 1</math> and <math>~\epsilon_m = 2</math> for all <math>~m \ge 1</math>, <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~\eta</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~\ln\biggl(\frac{r_1}{r_2} \biggr) \, ,</math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~\cos\theta</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~\frac{(r_1^2 + r_2^2 - 4a^2)}{2r_1 r_2} \, ,</math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~\tan\psi</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~\frac{y}{x} \, ,</math> </td> </tr> </table> </div> and, <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~r_1^2 </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~\equiv</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~[(x^2 + y^2)^{1 / 2} + a]^2 + z^2 \, ,</math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~r_2^2 </math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~\equiv</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~[(x^2 + y^2)^{1 / 2} - a]^2 + z^2 \, ,</math> </td> </tr> </table> </div> and <math>~\theta</math> has the same sign as <math>~z</math>. Hence, the potential, <math>~U({\vec{r}}~')</math>, at a point <math>~{\vec{r}}~'</math> due to an arbitrary mass distribution, <math>~\rho({\vec{r}})</math>, is, <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~U({\vec{r}}~')</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~-G \iiint \frac{\rho(\vec{r}) d^3r}{|~\vec{r} - {\vec{r}}^{~'} ~|} \, .</math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~-G \rho_0 a^3 \iiint \frac{1}{|~\vec{r} - {\vec{r}}^{~'} ~|} \biggl[ \frac{\Theta(\upsilon) \sinh\eta}{(\cosh\eta - \cos\theta)^3} \biggr] d\eta~ d\theta~ d\psi~ \, .</math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~-G \rho_0 a^3\iiint \biggl[ \frac{\Theta(\upsilon) \sinh\eta}{(\cosh\eta - \cos\theta)^3} \biggr]~d\eta~ d\theta~ d\psi~ </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~\times \frac{1}{\pi a} \biggl[ (\cosh\eta - \cos\theta)(\cosh \eta^' - \cos\theta^') \biggr]^{1 /2 } \sum\limits_{m,n} (-1)^m \epsilon_m \epsilon_n ~\frac{\Gamma(n-m+\tfrac{1}{2})}{\Gamma(n + m + \tfrac{1}{2})} </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ \times \cos[m(\psi - \psi^')][\cos[n(\theta - \theta^')] ~\begin{cases}P^m_{n-1 / 2}(\cosh\eta) ~Q^m_{n-1 / 2}(\cosh\eta^') ~~~\eta^' > \eta \\P^m_{n-1 / 2}(\cosh\eta^') ~Q^m_{n-1 / 2}(\cosh\eta)~~~\eta^' < \eta \end{cases} \biggr\} </math> </td> </tr> </table> </div> ---- This should be compared with, <table border="0" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~ \Phi_B(\varpi,\phi,z)</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ -G \iiint \frac{1}{|\vec{x}^{~'} - \vec{x}|} ~\rho(\vec{x}^{~'}) d^3x^' </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ -G \iiint \biggl\{ \frac{1}{\pi \sqrt{\varpi \varpi^'}} \sum_{m=-\infty}^{\infty} e^{im(\phi - \phi^')}Q_{m- 1 / 2}(\chi) \biggr\}~ \rho(\varpi^',\phi^',z^') \varpi^' d\varpi^' d\phi^' dz^' </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ -\frac{G}{\pi \sqrt{\varpi}} \iiint\rho(\varpi^',\phi^',z^') \sqrt{\varpi^'} d\varpi^' d\phi^' dz^' \sum_{m=0}^{\infty} \epsilon_m \cos[m(\phi - \phi^')] Q_{m- 1 / 2}(\chi) \, , </math> </td> </tr> </table> ---- The above expression for the potential of a uniform-density torus has been obtained by [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1973AnPhy..77..279W Wong (1973)] from the (double) integral expression, <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <tr> <td align="right"> <math>~U(\eta^',\theta^')</math> </td> <td align="center"> <math>~=</math> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ 2\rho_0 a^2 (\cosh \eta^' - \cos \theta^')^{1 / 2} \sum\limits_n \epsilon_n \int_{\eta_0}^\infty d\eta \int_{-\pi}^{\pi} \biggl[\frac{\cos[n(\theta - \theta^')]}{(\cosh\eta - \cos\theta)^{5 / 2}} \biggr]d\theta </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="left"> <math>~ \times \sinh\eta ~\begin{cases}P_{n-1 / 2}(\cosh\eta) ~Q_{n-1 / 2}(\cosh\eta^') ~~~\eta^' > \eta \\P_{n-1 / 2}(\cosh\eta^') ~Q_{n-1 / 2}(\cosh\eta)~~~\eta^' < \eta \end{cases}\, </math> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="3"> [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1973AnPhy..77..279W Wong (1973)], Eq. (2.55) </td> </tr> </table> </div> which is valid for any azimuthal angle, <math>~\psi^'</math>. Notice that the step function, <math>~\Theta(\upsilon)</math>, no longer explicitly appears in this expression for the Coulomb (or gravitational) potential; it has been used to establish the specific limits on the "radial" coordinate integration. Next, he completes the integration over the angle, <math>~\theta</math>, to obtain,
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