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A Simple Analytical Formulation for Periodic Orbits in Binary Stars

Astrophysics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

An analytical approximation to periodic orbits in the circular restricted three-body problem is provided. The formulation given in this work is based in calculations known from classical mechanics, but with the addition of the necessary terms to give a fairly good approximation that we compare with simulations, resulting in a simple set of analytical expressions that solve periodic orbits on discs of binary systems without the need of solving the motion equations by numerical integrations.

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@article{arxiv.0710.0355,
  title  = {A Simple Analytical Formulation for Periodic Orbits in Binary Stars},
  author = {Erick Nagel and Barbara Pichardo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.0355},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Accepted on MNRAS. 29 pages including 6 Figures and 4 tables

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