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We explore the escape dynamics in open Hamiltonian systems with multiple channels of escape continuing the work initiated in Part I. A thorough numerical investigation is conducted distinguishing between trapped (ordered and chaotic) and…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2017-09-28 Euaggelos E. Zotos

In this work, we try to shed some light to the nature of orbits in a three-dimensional potential of a perturbed harmonic oscillator with eight possible channels of escape, which was chosen as an interesting example of open three-dimensional…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2014-04-17 Euaggelos E. Zotos

The escape mechanism of the four hill potential is explored. A thorough numerical investigation takes place in several types of two-dimensional planes and also in a three-dimensional subspace of the entire four-dimensional phase space in…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2017-09-28 Euaggelos E. Zotos

The goal of this paper is to obtain an approximate solution of the restricted three-body problem in the case of small perturbations in the vicinity of, but not in exact resonance. In this paper, we study the restricted threebody problem…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-11 Alexey Rosaev , Eva Plavalova , Pavel Nesterov

Gravitational scattering of small bodies (planetesimals) by a planet remains a fundamental problem in celestial mechanics. It is traditionally modeled within the circular restricted three-body problem (CR3BP), where individual particle…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-11 Yukun Huang , Brett Gladman , Eiichiro Kokubo

The elliptic restricted three body problem has been well studied. However, the previous formulations of the problem have used a rotating coordinate system to keep the positions of the primary and secondary on the x-axis. This requires the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-12-15 Robert W. Easton

Three body systems where one of the bodies is ejected without escaping the binary system have previously been studied in various restricted forms. However, none of these studies dwells on the problem in a general setting. Thus, to study…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2021-08-02 T. S. Sachin Venkatesh

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

We study orbits near collision in a non-autonomous restricted planar four-body problem. This restricted problem consists of a massless particle moving under the gravitational influence due to three bodies following the figure-eight…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-04-03 Abimael Bengochea , Jaime Burgos-García , Ernesto Pérez-Chavela

Various astrophysical processes are known, where the fly-by of a massive object affects matter initially supported against gravity by rotation. Examples are perturbations of galaxies, protoplanetary discs or planetary systems. We…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-06 Andreas Breslau , Kirsten Vincke , Susanne Pfalzner

When gravitational aggregates are spun to fission they can undergo complex dynamical evolution, including escape and reconfiguration. Previous work has shown that a simple analysis of the full 2-body problem provides physically relevant…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-21 D. J. Scheeres

Since Poincar\'e, periodic orbits have been one of the most important objects in dynamical systems. However, searching them is in general quite difficult. A common way to find them is to construct families of periodic orbits which start at…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-10-24 Seongchan Kim

We introduce a circular restricted charged three-body problem on the plane. In this model, the gravitational and Coulomb forces, due to the primary bodies, act on a test particle; the net force exerted by some primary body on the test…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-03-31 Abimael Bengochea , Claudio Vidal

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

We reveal the escape mechanism of orbits in a Hamiltonian system with four exit channels composed of two-dimensional perturbed harmonic oscillators. We distinguish between trapped chaotic, non-escaping regular and escaping orbits by…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2017-09-28 Euaggelos E. Zotos

The restricted planar four body problem describes the motion of a massless body under the Newtonian gravitational force of other three bodies (the primaries), of which the motion gives us general solutions of the three body problem. A…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2020-12-02 Tere Seara , Jianlu Zhang

We study the dynamical chaos and integrable motion in the planar circular restricted three-body problem and determine the fractal dimension of the spiral strange repeller set of non-escaping orbits at different values of mass ratio of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-25 G. Rollin , J. Lages , D. L. Shepelyansky

The aim of this work is to explore the escape process of three-dimensional orbits in a star cluster rotating around its parent galaxy in a circular orbit. The gravitational field of the cluster is represented by a smooth, spherically…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-28 Euaggelos E. Zotos

The escape dynamics in a two-dimensional multiwell potential is explored. A thorough numerical investigation is conducted in several types of two-dimensional planes and also in a three-dimensional subspace of the entire four-dimensional…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2017-09-28 Euaggelos E. Zotos

The three-body problem, which describes three masses interacting through Newtonian gravity without any restrictions imposed on the initial positions and velocities of these masses, has attracted the attention of many scientists for more…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-11 Z. E. Musielak , B. Quarles