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In this paper, an approach is developed to solve the three body problem involving masses which posses spherical symmetry. The problem dates back to the times of Poincare, and is undoubtedly one of the oldest of unsolved problems of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. B. Mehmood , U. A. Shah , G. Shabbir

The Newtonian restricted three-body problem involving a positive primary point mass, $m_+$, and a negative secondary point mass, $m_-$, in a circular orbit, and a positive or negative tertiary point mass, $m_3$, with $m_+ > |m_-| \gg…

Classical Physics · Physics 2024-12-05 K. H. Thong , A. Melatos

We consider a symmetric five-body problem with three unequal collinear masses on the axis of symmetry. The remaining two masses are symmetrically placed on both sides of the axis of symmetry. Regions of possible central configurations are…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-28 M. Shoaib , A. R. Kashif , I. Szucs-Csillik

Solutions to the collinear three-body problem which do not end in triple collision pass through an infinite number of binary collisions. Given three masses, we show that four geometric quantities generate a finite description of itineraries…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Samuel R. Kaplan

In this paper we classify the central configurations of the circular restricted 4-body problem with three primaries at the collinear configuration of the 3-body problem and an infinitesimal mass. The case where the three primaries have the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-11-08 Oscar Perdomo

We consider the $n$ body problem defined on surfaces of constant positive curvature. For the 5 and 7 body problem in a collinear symmetric configuration we obtain initial positions which lead to relative equilibria. We give explicitly the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-01-30 Ernesto Pérez-Chavela , Juan Manuel Sánchez Cerritos

Recent work in the literature has studied the restricted three-body problem within the framework of effective-field-theory models of gravity. This paper extends such a program by considering the full three-body problem, when the Newtonian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-10-17 Emmanuele Battista , Giampiero Esposito

For $n$-body problem with arbitrary positive masses, we prove there are regularizable collinear periodic solutions for any ordering of the masses, going from a simultaneous binary collision to another in half of a period with half of the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-09-05 Guowei Yu

Continuing work initiated in earlier publications [Yamada, Asada, Phys. Rev. D 82, 104019 (2010), 83, 024040 (2011)], we investigate the post-Newtonian effects on Lagrange's equilateral triangular solution for the three-body problem. For…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-05-05 Takumi Ichita , Kei Yamada , Hideki Asada

Consider the planar three-body problem with masses positive $m_1,m_2,m_3$ position vector $q(t) = (q_1(t),q_2(t),q_3(t))\in\mathbb{R}^6$. Let $$U(q) = \frac{m_1m_2}{r_{12}}+\frac{m_1m_3}{r_{13}}+\frac{m_2m_3}{r_{23}}$$ where…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Richard Moeckel

In this paper, we study the existence of non-planar periodic solutions for the following spatial restricted 3-body and 4-body problems: for $N=2 or 3$, given any masses $m_{1},...,m_{N}$, the mass points of $m_{1},...,m_{N}$ move on the $N$…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-10-25 Xiaoxiao Zhao , Shiqing Zhang

The system is described by three mass-shell constraints. After a nonlinear transformation of the momenta, the analytic form taken by admissible interactions (allowing compatibility) is characterized in terms of the new variables. These…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 Philippe Droz-Vincent

Three-body systems in two dimensions with zero-range interactions are considered for general masses and interaction strengths. The problem is formulated in momentum space and the numerical solution of the Schr\"odinger equation is used to…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-11-12 F. F. Bellotti , T. Frederico , M. T. Yamashita , D. V. Fedorov , A. S. Jensen , N. T. Zinner

We study the dynamics of the collinear points in the planar, restricted three-body problem, assuming that the primaries move on an elliptic orbit around a common barycenter. The equations of motion can be conveniently written in a rotating…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-10-28 Alessandra Celletti , Christoph Lhotka , Giuseppe Pucacco

The three-body problem is a fundamental long-standing open problem, with applications in all branches of physics, including astrophysics, nuclear physics and particle physics. In general, conserved quantities allow to reduce the formulation…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-28 Barak Kol

The restricted (equilateral) four-body problem consists of three bodies of masses m1, m2 and m3 (called primaries) lying in a Lagrangian config- uration of the three-body problem, i,e,. they remain fixed at the apices of an equilateral…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2013-10-22 Jaime Burgos-Garcia

The existence of hyperbolic orbits is proved for a class of restricted three-body problems with a fixed energy by taking limit for a sequence of periodic solutions which are obtained by variational methods.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-08-06 Donglun Wu , Shiqing Zhang

In the studied axisymmetric case of the central four-body problem, the axis of symmetry is defined by two unequal-mass bodies, while the other two bodies are situated symmetrically with respect to this axis and have equal masses. Here, we…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 Emese Kővári , Bálint Érdi

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

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