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The classical two-body system with Lorentz-invariant Coulomb interaction V=-k/rho is solved in 3+1 dimensions using the manifestly covariant Hamiltonian mechanics of Stueckelberg. Particular solutions for the reduced motion are obtained…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-09-25 M. A. Trump , W. C. Schieve

Let $C$ be a smooth projective curve defined over $\Qbar$, let $\pi:\mathcal{E}\lra C$ be an elliptic surface and let $\sigma_{P_1},\sigma_{P_2},\sigma_{Q}$ be sections of $\pi$ (corresponding to points $P_1,P_2, Q$ of the generic fiber $E$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-13 Dragos Ghioca , Negin Shadgar

Efficient simulation of many-body quantum systems is central to advances in physics, chemistry, and quantum computing, with a key question being whether the simulation cost scales polynomially with the system size. In this work, we analyze…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-31 Di Fang , Xiaoxu Wu , Avy Soffer

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

We propose a method to generate pure many-body interactions in colloidal systems by using optical forces induced by random optical fields with an optimized spectral energy density. To assess the feasibility in general settings, we develop a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-10-07 Augustin Muster , Luis S. Froufe-Pérez

The question of invisibility for bodies with mirror surface is studied in the framework of geometrical optics. We construct bodies that are invisible/have zero resistance in two mutually orthogonal directions, and prove that there do not…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-05-19 Alexander Plakhov , Vera Roshchina

We investigate the Liouvillian integrability of Hamiltonian systems describing a universe filled with a scalar field (possibly complex). The tool used is the differential Galois group approach, as introduced by Morales-Ruiz and Ramis. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrzej J. Maciejewski , Maria Przybylska , Tomasz Stachowiak , Marek Szydlowski

We establish blow-up profiles for any blowing-up sequence of solutions of general conformally invariant fully nonlinear elliptic equations on Euclidean domains. We prove that (i) the distance between blow-up points is bounded from below by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-04-21 Yanyan Li , Luc Nguyen

In this paper, a Hamiltonian mean field model with long-range four-body interactions is proposed. The model describes a long-range mean-field system in which N unit-mass particles move on a unit circle. Each particle theta_i interacts with…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-04-25 Qiang Zhang , Yu Xue , Haojie Luo , Bingling Cen

We develop a coarse-graining procedure for two-dimensional models of fluctuating loops by mapping them to interface models. The result is an effective field theory for the scaling limit of loop models, which is found to be a Liouville…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-25 Jane' Kondev

Under the general hypotheses of locality, smoothness of interactions in the coupling constant, Poincare invariance, Lorentz covariance, and preservation of the number of derivatives on each field, we investigate the cross-couplings of one…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Bizdadea , E. M. Cioroianu , D. Cornea , E. Diaconu , S. O. Saliu , S. C. Sararu

We introduce suitable coordinate systems for interacting many-body systems with invariant manifolds. These are Cartesian in coordinate and momentum space and chosen such that several components are identically zero for motion on the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 T. Papenbrock , T. H. Seligman

For any $N\geq 3$, we study invariant measures of the dynamics of $N$ hard spheres whose centres are constrained to lie on a line. In particular, we study the invariant submanifold $\mathcal{M}$ of the tangent bundle of the hard sphere…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-09-13 Mark Wilkinson

A Hamiltonian system is completely integrable (in the sense of Liouville) if there exist as many independent integrals of motion in involution as the dimension of the configuration space. Under certain regularity conditions,…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-26 Leonardo Colombo , Manuel de León , Manuel Lainz , Asier López-Gordón

Consider n=2l>=4 point particles with equal masses in space, subject to the following symmetry constraint: at each instant they form an orbit of the dihedral group D_l, where D_l is the group of order 2l generated by two rotations of angle…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2009-11-13 Davide L. Ferrario , Alessandro Portaluri

This paper treats the global existence question for a collection of general relativistic collisionless particles, all having the same mass. The spacetimes considered are globally hyperbolic, with Cauchy surface a 3-torus. Furthermore, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Marsha Weaver

The relationship between natural orbitals, one-body coherences and two-body correlations is explored for bosonic many-body systems of definite parity with two occupied single-particle states. We show that the strength of local two-body…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-08-26 Sven Krönke , Peter Schmelcher

We prove for a large class of n-body problems including a subclass of quasihomogeneous n-body problems, the classical n-body problem, the n-body problem in spaces of negative constant Gaussian curvature and a restricted case of the n-body…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-06-28 Pieter Tibboel

The study of the two-shell system started in ``Pair of null gravitating shells I and II'' (gr-qc/0112060--061) is continued. The pull back of the Liouville form to the constraint surface, which contains complete information about the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 I. Kouletsis , P. Hajicek

We study the evolution of the phase-space of collisionless N-body systems under repeated stirrings or perturbations. We find convergence towards a limited solution group, in accordance with Hansen 2010, that is independent of the initial…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 Jeremy A. Barber , Hongsheng Zhao , Xufen Wu , Steen H. Hansen