Distribution of regularized three-body phase-volume
Abstract
The micro-canonical phase-space volume for the three-body problem is a topic of intrinsic interest. Within the flux-based statistical theory, it provides a means to predict the scale of disintegration times for non-hierarchical systems. While the bare phase-volume diverges, arXiv:2205.04294 (Paper I) showed that a regularized version can be defined. Building on Paper I, which determined the regularized phase-volume for a given energy , this paper extends the analysis to its distribution over angular momentum, . Through analytical integrations, we reduce the problem to a 3d numerical integration, a step up in complexity from the 2d integration required for . We provide regularized phase-volume values for several mass sets across a range of and , validated through an -integration test. Notably, the values remain positive for all tested parameters, lending further support to the validity of the chosen regularization procedure. For high values of at fixed masses and , we observe a strong suppression of .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2501.02013,
title = {Distribution of regularized three-body phase-volume},
author = {Yogesh Dandekar and Barak Kol},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.02013},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
33 pages, 6 figures