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We explore the three-body problem in two dimensions using the adiabatic hyperspherical representation. We develop the main equations in terms of democratic hyperangular coordinates and determine several symmetry properties and boundary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 J. P. D'Incao , B. D. Esry

We study the spatial isosceles three body problem, which is a system with two degrees of freedom after modulo the rotation symmetry. For certain choices of energy and angular momentum, we find some disk-like global surfaces of section with…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-08-08 Xijun Hu , Lei Liu , Yuwei Ou , Guowei Yu

In the $2$-dimensional $n$-body problem, $n\ge 3$, in spaces of constant curvature, $\kappa\ne 0$, we study polygonal homographic solutions. We first provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of these orbits and then…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2012-02-21 Florin Diacu

The three-body problem is reexamined in the framework of general relativity. The Newtonian three-body problem admits Euler's collinear solution, where three bodies move around the common center of mass with the same orbital period and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-12-13 Kei Yamada , Hideki Asada

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

Euler's three-body problem is the problem of solving for the motion of a particle moving in a Newtonian potential generated by two point sources fixed in space. This system is integrable in the Liouville sense. We consider the Euler problem…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2021-09-08 Takahisa Igata

The quantum mechanical two-body problem with a central interaction on the sphere ${\bf S}^{n}$ is considered. Using recent results in representation theory an ordinary differential equation for some energy levels is found. For several…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexey V. Shchepetilov

This paper presents a study of the isosceles problem resulting by a perturbation of Euler's collinear solution under Newtonian gravitational attraction of three bodies in space. After the Hamiltonian was obtained, a circumference of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-03-19 Karine Santos

A solvable many-body problem in the plane is exhibited. It is characterized by rotation-invariant Newtonian (``acceleration equal force'') equations of motion, featuring one-body (``external'') and pair (``interparticle'') forces. The…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Francesco Calogero

In dynamical systems of few degrees of freedom, periodic solutions consist the backbone of the phase space and the determination and computation of their stability is crucial for understanding the global dynamics. In this paper we study the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-29 Kyriaki I. Antoniadou , George Voyatzis , Harry Varvoglis

The famous three-body problem is investigated by means of a numerical approach with negligible numerical noises in a long enough time interval, namely the Clean Numerical Simulation (CNS). From physical viewpoints, position of any bodies…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2014-05-23 Shijun Liao

We investigate the n-body problem on a sphere with a general interaction potential that depends on the mutual distances. We focus on the equilibrium configurations, especially on the Dziobek equilibrium configurations, which is an analogy…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2021-01-25 Shuqiang Zhu

Strong three-body interactions above threshold govern the dynamics of many exotics and conventional excited mesons and baryons. Three-body finite-volume energies calculated from lattice QCD promise an ab-initio understanding of these…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2020-03-25 M. Mai , M. Döring , C. Culver , A. Alexandru

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

Topics related to the construction, phenomenological determination, and effects of the effective three-body forces within the traditional nuclear shell model approach are discussed. The manifestations of the three-body forces in realistic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-10-01 Alexander Volya

We consider the planar circular equilateral restricted four body-problem where a test particle of infinitesimal mass is moving under the gravitational attraction of three primary bodies which move on circular orbits around their common…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-28 Euaggelos E. Zotos

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 three-body problem is arguably the oldest open question in astrophysics, and has resisted a general analytic solution for centuries. Various implementations of perturbation theory provide solutions in portions of parameter space, but…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-18 Nicholas C. Stone , Nathan W. C. Leigh

In this work it is shown that there are symmetries beyond the Euclidean group $E\left(3\right)$ in 3-body problem, and by extension in many-body problem, with inverse squared distance inter particle force. The symmetries in 3-body problem…

General Physics · Physics 2025-01-24 Siddhesh C. Ambhire

We discuss the general three-particle quantum scattering problem, for motion restricted to the full line. Specifically, we formulate the three-body problem in one dimension in terms of the (Faddeev-type) integral equation approach. As a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Melde , L. Canton , J. P. Svenne