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We consider the limit $N\to +\infty$ of $N$-body type problems with weak interaction, equal masses and $-\sigma$-homogeneous potential, $0<\sigma<1$. We obtain the integro-differential equation that the motions must satisfy, with limit…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-11-01 Reynaldo Castaneira , Pablo Padilla , Héctor Sánchez-Morgado

Central configurations are fundamental equilibrium solutions of the Newtonian $n$-body problem and play a key role in understanding the structure and dynamics of gravitational systems. However, the classification and enumeration of such…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-13 Zalán Czirják , Bálint Érdi , Emese Forgács-Dajka

Examples are given of solutions of the planar N-body problem which remain the same for at least two systems of masses with the same sum and same center of mass. The least value of N achieved up to now with this property is 474, a number…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-07-18 Dominique Bang , Alain Chenciner , Carles Simó

Applying the method of analytical continuation of periodic orbits, we study quasi-satellite motion in the framework of the three-body problem. In the simplest, yet not trivial model, namely the planar circular restricted problem, it is…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-13 G. Voyatzis , K. I. Antoniadou

This study presents a general alternative scheme of the procedure and necessary conditions for solving the $n$-body problem. The presented solution is not a solution of the classical problem, where the initial conditions of positions and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-24 Pawel Wojda

The conservation of energy, linear momentum and angular momentum are important drivers for our physical understanding of the evolution of the Universe. These quantities are also conserved in Newton's laws of motion under gravity…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Simon Portegies Zwart , Tjarda Boekholt

We study the existence of families of periodic solutions in a neighbourhood of a symmetric equilibrium point in two classes of Hamiltonian systems with involutory symmetries. In both classes, involutions reverse the sign of the Hamiltonian…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-07-07 Reem Alomair , James Montaldi

We perform a renormalization group analysis of the non-relativistic four-boson problem by means of a simple model with pointlike three- and four-body interactions. We investigate in particular the unitarity point where the scattering length…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-11-20 Richard Schmidt , Sergej Moroz

We obtain a new exact equilibrium solution to the N-body problem in a one-dimensional relativistic self-gravitating system. It corresponds to an expanding/contracting spacetime of a circle with N bodies at equal proper separations from one…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-23 R. Kerner , R. B. Mann

Consider n=2l>=4 point particles with equal masses in space, subject to the following symmetry constraint: at each instant they form an orbit of the dihedral group D_l, where D_l is the group of order 2l generated by two rotations of angle…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2009-11-13 Davide L. Ferrario , Alessandro Portaluri

We introduce a restricted four body problem in a 2+2 configuration extending the classical Sitnikov problem to the Double Sitnikov problem. The secondary bodies are moving on the same perpendicular line to the planewhere the primaries…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-06-07 H. Jiménez-Pérez , E. Lacomba

A unified approach, for solving a wide class of single and many-body quantum problems, commonly encountered in literature is developed based on a recently proposed method for finding solutions of linear differential equations. Apart from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Gurappa , Prasanta K. Panigrahi , R. Atre , T. Shreecharan

This work is devoted to the study of some exactly solvable quantum problems of four, five and six bodies moving on the line. We solve completely the corresponding stationary Schr\"odinger equation for these systems confined in an harmonic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-01-20 A. Bachkhaznadji , M. Lassaut

The paper investigates a generalization of the classical Sitnikov problem, concentrating on the movement of a satellite along the Z-axis as it interacts with $n$ primary bodies in periodic motion. It establishes the existence of an infinite…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-09-04 Carlos Barrera-Anzaldo , Carlos García-Azpeitia

We revisit the r\^{o}le of discreteness and chaos in the dynamics of self-gravitating systems by means of $N$-body simulations with active and frozen potentials, starting from spherically symmetric stationary states and considering the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-10-04 Pierfrancesco Di Cintio , Lapo Casetti

For the Newtonian (gravitational) $n$-body problem in the Euclidean $d$-dimensional space, $d\ge 2$, the simplest possible periodic solutions are provided by circular relative equilibria, (RE) for short, namely solutions in which each body…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-06-01 Luca Asselle , Alessandro Portaluri , Li Wu

Equations of motion of a charged symmetrical body in external constant and homogeneous electric and magnetic fields are deduced starting from the variational problem, where the body is considered as a system of charged point particles…

Classical Physics · Physics 2024-06-07 Alexei A. Deriglazov

The validity of Sundman-type asymptotic estimates for collision solutions is established for a wide class of dynamical systems with singular forces, including the classical $N$--body problems with Newtonian, quasi--homogeneous and…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Vivina Barutello , Davide L. Ferrario , Susanna Terracini

In the framework of the spatial circular Hill three-body problem we illustrate the application of symplectic invariants to analyze the network structure of symmetric periodic orbit families. The extensive collection of families within this…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-01-31 Cengiz Aydin , Alexander Batkhin

The aim of the present work is to reduce the secular solution around the triangular equilibrium points to periodic solution in the frame work of the generalized restricted thee-body problem. This model is generalized in sense that both the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Elbaz I. Abouelmagd , M. E. Awad , E. M. A. Elzayat , Ibrahim A. Abbas