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This paper presents an analytical model for collision probability assessments between de-orbiting or injecting space objects and satellite constellations. Considering the first to be subjected to a continuous tangential acceleration, its…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-15 Eduardo Maria Polli , Juan Luis Gonzalo , Camilla Colombo

We consider multiply periodic functions, sometimes called Abelian functions, defined with respect to the period matrices associated with classes of algebraic curves. We realise them as generalisations of the Weierstras P-function using two…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-06-28 Matthew England , Chris Athorne

In this paper, we design and analyze a Hybrid-High Order (HHO) approximation for a class of quasilinear elliptic problems of nonmonotone type. The proposed method has several advantages, for instance, it supports arbitrary order of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-01 Thirupathi Gudi , Gouranga Mallik , Tamal Pramanick

This is the final part of a series of papers where we study perturbations of divergence form second order elliptic operators $-\operatorname{div} A \nabla$ by first and zero order terms, whose complex coefficients lie in critical spaces,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-02-07 Simon Bortz , Steve Hofmann , José Luis Luna Garcia , Svitlana Mayboroda , Bruno Poggi

The Kepler-Heisenberg problem is that of determining the motion of a planet around a sun in the sub-Riemannian Heisenberg group. The sub-Riemannian Hamiltonian provides the kinetic energy, and the gravitational potential is given by the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-21 Victor Dods , Corey Shanbrom

We derive the analytical solutions of the bound timelike geodesic orbits in Kerr spacetime. The analytical solutions are expressed in terms of the elliptic integrals using Mino time $\lambda$ as the independent variable. Mino time decouples…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-08-28 Ryuichi Fujita , Wataru Hikida

We propose a variational splitting technique for the generalized-$\alpha$ method to solve hyperbolic partial differential equations. We use tensor-product meshes to develop the splitting method, which has a computational cost that grows…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-12 Pouria Behnoudfar , Quanling Deng , Victor M. Calo

A unified framework is proposed to quantitatively characterize pitchfork bifurcations and associated symmetry breaking in the elliptic restricted three-body problem (ERTBP). It is known that planar/vertical Lyapunov orbits and Lissajous…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-06-06 Haozhe Shu , Mingpei Lin

Numerical continuation techniques are powerful tools that have been extensively used to identify particular solutions of nonlinear dynamical systems and enable trajectory design in chaotic astrodynamics problems such as the Circular…

Space Physics · Physics 2024-05-30 Giacomo Acciarini , Nicola Baresi , David J. B. Lloyd , Dario Izzo

Floquet theory combined with the generalized Van Vleck nearly degenerate perturbation theory, has been widely employed for studying various two-level systems that are driven by external fields via the time-dependent longitudinal (i.e.,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-28 Yingying Han , Xiao-Qing Luo , Tie-Fu Li , Wenxian Zhang

We prove, under suitable non-resonance and non-degeneracy ``twist'' conditions, a Birkhoff-Lewis type result showing the existence of infinitely many periodic solutions, with larger and larger minimal period, accumulating onto elliptic…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Massimiliano Berti , Luca Biasco , Enrico Valdinoci

We show that the ideal hydrodynamics of an eccentric astrophysical disc can be derived from a variational principle. The nonlinear secular theory describes the slow evolution of a continuous set of nested elliptical orbits as a result of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-09 Gordon I. Ogilvie , Elliot M. Lynch

We provide an elegant way of solving analytically the third post-Newtonian (3PN) accurate Kepler equation, associated with the 3PN-accurate generalized quasi-Keplerian parametrization for compact binaries in eccentric orbits. An additional…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-14 Yannick Boetzel , Abhimanyu Susobhanan , Achamveedu Gopakumar , Antoine Klein , Philippe Jetzer

The Hamiltonian used in classical analyses of von Zeipel-Lidov-Kozai or ZLK oscillations in hierarchical triple systems is based on the quadrupole potential from a distant body on a fixed orbit, averaged over the orbits of both the inner…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-19 Scott Tremaine

Modern N-body techniques for planetary dynamics are generally based on symplectic algorithms specially adapted to the Kepler problem. These methods have proven very useful in studying planet formation, but typically require the timestep for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. S. McNeil , R. P. Nelson

Multiple solutions are common in various non-convex problems arising from industrial and scientific computing. Nonetheless, understanding the nontrivial solutions' qualitative properties seems limited, partially due to the lack of efficient…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-17 Yangyi Ye , Lin Li , Pengcheng Xie , Haijun Yu

We consider a restricted four-body problem on the dynamics of a massless particle under the gravitational force produced by three mass points forming an equilateral triangle configuration. We assume that the mass m3 of one primary is very…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-06-03 Jaime Burgos-Garcia , Marian Gidea

We analyze the secular evolution of hierarchical triple systems to second-order in the quadrupolar perturbation induced on the inner binary by the distant third body. The Newtonian three-body equations of motion, expanded in powers of the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-10 Clifford M. Will

We consider the Clairaut theory of the equilibrium ellipsoidal figures for differentiated non-homogeneous bodies in non-synchronous rotation adding to it a tidal deformation due to the presence of an external gravitational force. We assume…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-21 Hugo Folonier , Sylvio Ferraz-Mello , Konstantin V. Kholshevnikov

In this paper, we introduce an algorithm that provides approximate solutions to semi-linear ordinary differential equations with highly oscillatory solutions, which, after an appropriate change of variables, can be rewritten as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-13 M. P. Calvo , J. Makazaga , A. Murua