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Distribution of regularized three-body phase-volume

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2025-04-08 v1 Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Theory Classical Physics

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 σˉ(E)\bar\sigma(E), this paper extends the analysis to its distribution over angular momentum, σˉ(E,L)\bar\sigma(E,L). Through analytical integrations, we reduce the problem to a 3d numerical integration, a step up in complexity from the 2d integration required for σˉ(E)\bar\sigma(E). We provide regularized phase-volume values for several mass sets across a range of EE and LL, validated through an LL-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 LL at fixed masses and EE, we observe a strong suppression of σˉ(E,L)\bar\sigma(E,L).

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@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}
}

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33 pages, 6 figures

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