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The law of centripetal force governing the motion of celestial bodies in eccentric conic sections, has been established and thoroughly investigated by Sir Isaac Newton in his Principia Mathematica. Yet its profound implications on the…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2021-06-04 Adel Alameh

Newton's deduction of the inverse square law from Kepler's ellipse and area laws together with his "superb theorem" on the gravitation attraction of spherically symmetric bodies, are the major steps leading to the discovery of the law of…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2014-08-29 Wu-Yi Hsiang , Eldar Straume

We prove that positive elliptic-elliptic rotopulsator solutions of the $n$-body problem in spaces of constant Gaussian curvature that move on Clifford tori of nonconstant size either lie on great circles, or project onto regular polygons.…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2023-02-22 Pieter Tibboel

We study the influence of relativity on the chaotic properties and dynamical outcomes of an unstable triple system; the Pythagorean three-body problem. To this end, we extend the Brutus N-body code to include Post-Newtonian pairwise terms…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-27 Tjarda C. N. Boekholt , Arend Moerman , Simon F. Portegies Zwart

In this paper, it is the first time to construct a complete post-Newtonian (PN) model of a rigid body by means of a new constraint on the mass current density and mass density. In our PN rigid body model most of relations, such as spin…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Chongming Xu , Jin-he Tao , Xuejun Wu

Understanding the consequences of the gravitational interaction between a star and a planet is fundamental to the study of exoplanets. The solution of the two-body problem shows that the planet moves in an elliptical path around the star…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-28 Carl D. Murray , Alexandre C. M. Correia

We prove the existence of periodic solutions of the N=(n+1)-body problem starting with n bodies whose reduced motion is close to a non-degenerate central configuration and replacing one of them by the center of mass of a pair of bodies…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-06-07 Marine Fontaine , Carlos García-Azpeitia

Numerical solutions to Newton's equations of motion for chaotic self gravitating systems of more than 2 bodies are often regarded to be irreversible. This is due to the exponential growth of errors introduced by the integration scheme and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-14 Simon Portegies Zwart , Tjarda Boekholt

The increasing number and variety of extrasolar planets illustrates the importance of characterizing planetary perturbations. Planetary orbits are typically described by physically intuitive orbital elements. Here, we explicitly express the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Dimitri Veras , N. Wyn Evans

The last two decades have seen the emergence of stunning interconnections among various previously remotely related disciplines such as condensed matter, nuclear physics, gravity and quantum information, fueled both by experimental advances…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-04-15 Hong Liu , Julian Sonner

We consider a problem of mass points interacting gravitationally whose motion is subjected to certain holonomic constraints. The motion of points is restricted to certain curves and surfaces. We illustrate the complicated behaviour of…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-06-13 Wojciech Szumiński , Maria Przybylska

In this paper, we use variational minimizing method to prove the existence of hyperbolic solution with a prescribed positive energy for N-body type problems with strong forces. Firstly, we get periodic solutions using suitable constraints,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-09-25 Donglun Wu , Shiqing Zhang

The famous three-body problem can be traced back to Isaac Newton in 1680s. In the 300 years since this "three-body problem" was first recognized, only three families of periodic solutions had been found, until 2013 when \v{S}uvakov and…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2017-11-15 Xiaoming Li , Shijun Liao

We study a 2-body problem given by the sum of the Newtonian potential and an anisotropic perturbation that is a homogeneous function of degree $-\beta$, $\beta\ge 2$. For $\beta>2$, the sets of initial conditions leading to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 Florin Diacu , Ernesto Perez-Chavela , Manuele Santoprete

In the recent papers~[18],~[5], respectively, the existence of motions where the perihelions afford periodic oscillations about certain equilibria and the onset of a topological horseshoe have been proved. Such results have been obtained…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-09-08 Jerome Daquin , Sara Di Ruzza , Gabriella Pinzari

Our idea is to imitate Smale's list of problems, in a restricted domain of mathematical aspects of Celestial Mechanics. All the problems are on the n-body problem, some with different homogeneity of the potential, addressing many aspects…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-05-15 Alain Albouy , Hildeberto E. Cabral , Alan A. Santos

Peculiar properties of many classical and quantum systems can be related to, or derived from those of a free particle. In this way we explain the appearance and peculiarities of the exotic nonlinear Poincar\'e supersymmetry in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-28 Mikhail S. Plyushchay

The $n$-body problem with a purely repulsive Coulomb interaction is considered. It is shown that for large times $t$ the distance between any two particles grows linearly in $t$. The trajectory of each particle is asymptotically a straight…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-07-13 Gerhard Rein

The present paper studies the post-Newtonian dynamics of N bodies in general relativity. We derive covariant equations of translational and rotational motion of N extended bodies having arbitrary distribution of mass and velocity of matter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-02-19 Sergei M. Kopeikin

The chaotic hypothesis has several implications which have generated interest in the literature because of their generality and because a few exact predictions are among them. However its application to Physics problems requires attention…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Bonetto , G. Gallavotti , A. Giuliani , F. Zamponi