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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

We present a geometric approach to the three-body problem in the non-relativistic context of the Barbour-Bertotti theories. The Riemannian metric characterizing the dynamics is analyzed in detail in terms of the relative separations.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 László Á Gergely , Mitchell McKain

In the present paper, using the first-order approximation of the $n$-body Lagrangian (derived on the basis of the post-Newtonian gravitational theory of Einstein, Infeld, and Hoffman), we explicitly write down the equations of motion for…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-13 F. L. Dubeibe , F. D. Lora-Clavijo , Guillermo A. González

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

Consider the three-body problem with an attractive $1/r^2$ potential. Modulo symmetries, the dynamics of the bounded zero-angular momentum solutions is equivalent to a geodesic flow on the thrice-punctured sphere, or ``pair of pants''. The…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Richard Montgomery

The existence of chaotic behavior for the geodesics of the test particles orbiting compact objects is a subject of much current research. Some years ago, Gu\'eron and Letelier [Phys. Rev. E \textbf{66}, 046611 (2002)] reported the existence…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 F. L. Dubeibe , Leonardo A. Pachon , Jose D. Sanabria-Gomez

We study the dynamics of the 3-D three-body problem of a small body moving under the attractions of a star and a giant planet which orbits the star on a much wider and elliptic orbit. In particular, we focus on the influence of an eccentric…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 A. -S. Libert , N. Delsate

This study examines the dynamics of the third body in an elliptic restricted three-body problem (ERTBP) framework, taking into account perturbations from radiation pressure, oblateness, and elongation of the primary bodies, as well as…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-21 M. B. Saputra , H. S. Ramadhan , Ibnu N. Huda , Leonardus B. Putra

In classical systems, chaos is clearly defined via the behavior of trajectories. In quantum systems with a classical analogue one finds that the transition from regular to chaotic dynamics is signified by a change in the spectral…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-03-24 Fotis I. Giasemis

The degeneracy of central configurations in the planar $N$-body problem makes their enumeration problem hard and the related dynamics appealing. To truly understand the bifurcations of central configurations, we should work in the FULL…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-02-12 Shanzhong Sun , Zhifu Xie , Peng You

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

The gravitation interaction between particles is taken into account in central configuration model. After that, the resonance perturbation of the particle of the central configuration by distant satellite is considered in the restricted…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 A. E. Rosaev

We generalize the Newtonian n-body problem to spaces of curvature k=constant, and study the motion in the 2-dimensional case. For k>0, the equations of motion encounter non-collision singularities, which occur when two bodies are antipodal.…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2012-02-21 Florin Diacu , Ernesto Perez-Chavela , Manuele Santoprete

We consider a symmetric five-body problem with three unequal collinear masses on the axis of symmetry. The remaining two masses are symmetrically placed on both sides of the axis of symmetry. Regions of possible central configurations are…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-28 M. Shoaib , A. R. Kashif , I. Szucs-Csillik

The three-body problem (3BP) poses a longstanding challenge in physics and celestial mechanics. Despite the impossibility of obtaining general analytical solutions, statistical theories have been developed based on the ergodic principle.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-28 Alessandro Alberto Trani , Nathan W. C. Leigh , Tjarda C. N. Boekholt , Simon Portegies Zwart

We study the dynamics of a spherical rigid body that rocks and rolls on a plane under the effect of gravity. The distribution of mass is non-uniform and the centre of mass does not coincide with the geometric centre. The symmetric case,…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2019-07-19 Peter Lynch , Miguel D. Bustamante

We present a formalism for constructing schematic diagrams to depict chaotic three-body interactions in Newtonian gravity. This is done by decomposing each interaction in to a series of discrete transformations in energy- and angular…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-07 Nathan W. C. Leigh , Shalma Wegsman

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, 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

Goal of the presented research is to construct simplified model of the core-halo structures in binary systems. Examples are provided by Thorne-Zytkov objects, hot Jupiters, protoplanets with large moons, red supergiants in binaries and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-02 A. Odrzywolek