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In this work we introduce a planar restricted four-body problem where a massless particle moves under the gravitational influence due to three bodies following the eight figure choreography, and we explore some symmetric periodic orbits of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-10-29 Ricardo Lara , Abimael Bengochea

The dynamics of the four-body problem have attracted increasing attention in recent years. In this paper, we extend the basic equilateral four-body problem by introducing the effect of radiation pressure, Poynting-Robertson drag, and solar…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2020-03-12 J. E. Osorio-Vargas , Guillermo A. González , F. L. Dubeibe

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

Consider the Restricted Planar Circular Three Body Problem (RPC3BP), which models the motion of a massless particle (Asteroid) under the gravitational influence of two massive bodies (the primaries) moving on circular orbits. By considering…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-12-24 Marcel Guardia , José Lamas , Tere M-Seara

We present numerical simulations of the gravitational three-body problem, in which three particles lie at rest close to the vertices of an equilateral triangle. In the unperturbed problem, the three particles fall towards the center of mass…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2023-11-09 Hugo D. Parischewsky , Alessandro A. Trani , Nathan W. C. Leigh

The dynamics of the pseudo-Newtonian restricted four-body problem has been studied in the present paper, where the primaries have equal masses. The parametric variation of the existence as well as the position of the libration points are…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2019-04-18 Md Sanam Suraj , Euaggelos E. Zotos , Rajiv Aggarwal , Amit Mittal

Consider four point particles with equal masses in the euclidean space, subject to the following symmetry constraint: at each instant they are symmetric with respect to the dihedral group $D_2$, that is the group generated by two rotations…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2011-12-21 Davide L. Ferrario , Alessandro Portaluri

The theory of the post-Newtonian (PN) planar circular restricted three-body problem is used for numerically investigating the orbital dynamics of a test particle (e.g., a comet, asteroid, meteor or spacecraft) in the planar Sun-Jupiter…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-21 Euaggelos E. Zotos , F. L. Dubeibe

The aim of this work is to compare the orbital dynamics in three different models describing the properties of a star cluster rotating around its parent galaxy in a circular orbit. In particular, we use the isochrone and the Hernquist…

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

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

In this paper, we study the chaotic four-body problem in Newtonian gravity. Assuming point particles and total encounter energies $\le$ 0, the problem has three possible outcomes. We describe each outcome as a series of discrete…

In the restricted three-body problem, consecutive collision orbits are those orbits which start and end at collisions with one of the primaries. Interests for such orbits arise not only from mathematics but also from various engineering…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-02-27 Urs Frauenfelder , Lei Zhao

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

General properties of the three-body problem in a model of modified dynamics are investigated. It is shown that the three-body problem in this model shares some characters with the similar problem in Newtonian dynamics. Moreover, the planar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-04-14 Hossein Shenavar

We study the equal-mass classical three rotor problem, a variant of the three body problem of celestial mechanics. The quantum $N$-rotor problem has been used to model chains of coupled Josephson junctions and also arises via a partial…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2019-09-25 Govind S. Krishnaswami , Himalaya Senapati

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

In this work, we revisit the planar restricted four-body problem to study the dynamics of an infinitesimal mass under the gravitational force produced by three heavy bodies with unequal masses, forming an equilateral triangle configuration.…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-08-31 José Alejandro Zepeda Ramírez , Martha Alvarez-Ramírez

The aim of this work is to review and also explore even further the escape properties of orbits in a dynamical system of a two-dimensional perturbed harmonic oscillator, which is a characteristic example of open Hamiltonian systems. In…

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

We investigate the classical motion of three charged particles with both attractive and repulsive interaction.The triple collision is a main source of chaos in such three body Coulomb problems.By employing the McGehee scaling technique, we…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 Nark Nyul Choi , Min-Ho Lee , Gregor Tanner

The present paper studies the escape mechanism in collinear three point mass systems with small-range-repulsive/large-range-attractive pairwise-interaction. Specifically, we focus on systems with non-negative total energy. We show that on…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Daniel Pasca , manuele Santoprete , Cristina Stoica