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The Newtonian restricted three-body problem involving a positive primary point mass, $m_+$, and a negative secondary point mass, $m_-$, in a circular orbit, and a positive or negative tertiary point mass, $m_3$, with $m_+ > |m_-| \gg…

Classical Physics · Physics 2024-12-05 K. H. Thong , A. Melatos

Analytical methods are used to prove the existence of a periodic, symmetric solution with singularities in the planar 4-body problem. A numerical calculation and simulation are used to generate the orbit. The analytical method easily…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2010-02-09 Tiancheng Ouyang , Skyler C. Simmons , Duokui Yan

Continuing work initiated in an earlier publication [Yamada, Tsuchiya, and Asada, Phys. Rev. D 91, 124016 (2015)], we reexamine the linear stability of the triangular solution in the relativistic three-body problem for general masses by the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-11-08 Kei Yamada , Takuya Tsuchiya

In this paper we present a numerical scheme to simulate a moving rigid body with arbitrary shape suspended in a rarefied gas. The rarefied gas is simulated by solving the Boltzmann equation using a DSMC particle method. The motion of the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 Samir Shrestha , Sudarshan Tiwari , Axel Klar , Steffen Hardt

In the framework of photogravitational version of the restricted five-body problem, the existence and stability of the in-plane equilibrium points, the possible regions for motion are explored and analysed numerically, under the combined…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2019-05-22 Md Sanam Suraj , Rajiv Aggarwal , Amit Mittal , Md Chand Asique , Prachi Sachan

Given $n$ point masses turning in a plane at a constant speed, this paper deals with the global bifurcation of periodic solutions for the masses, in that plane and in space. As a special case, one has a complete study of n identical masses…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-01-12 C. García-Azpeitia , J. Ize

Following Smale, we study simple symmetric mechanical systems of $n$ point particles in the plane. In particular, we address the question of the linear and spectral stability properties of relative equilibria, which are special solutions of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2014-04-18 Vivina Barutello , Riccardo D. Jadanza , Alessandro Portaluri

The rich and diverse dynamics of particle-based systems ultimately originates from the coupling of their degrees of freedom via internal interactions. To arrive at a tractable approximation of such many-body problems, coarse-graining is…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-03-31 Matthias Schmidt

In the present paper a description of a problem of point vortices on a plane and a sphere in the "internal" variables is discussed. The hamiltonian equations of motion of vortices on a plane are built on the Lie-Poisson algebras, and in the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. V. Borisov , A. E. Pavlov

We introduce and solve in closed form a simple model of a macroscopic body propagating in a one-dimensional resistive medium at temperature T. The assumption of completely inelastic collisions between the body and the particles composing…

Physics Education · Physics 2009-09-25 M. I. Molina

Some advantages of the algebraic approach to many body physics, based on resolvent algebras, are illustrated by the simple example of non-interacting bosons which are confined in compact regions with soft boundaries. It is shown that the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-12-03 Detlev Buchholz , Jakob Yngvason

The Hamiltonian of a moving atom in electromagnetic fields includes velocity- dependent terms. We show that the leading velocity dependence emerges systematically in the non-relativistic limit from a scheme firmly based on the relativistic…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 L. G. Boussiakou , C. R. Bennett , M. Babiker

For some planar Newtonian $N+3$-body problems, we use variational minimization methods to prove the existence of new periodic solutions satisfying that $N$ bodies chase each other on a curve, and the other 3 bodies chase each other on…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-11-07 Pengfei Yuan , Shiqing Zhang

We study the global flow of the anisotropic Manev problem, which describes the planar motion of two bodies under the influence of an anisotropic Newtonian potential with a relativistic correction term. We first find all the heteroclinic…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2012-03-09 Florin Diacu , Manuele Santoprete

A rigorous reduction of the many-body wave scattering problem to solving a linear algebraic system is given bypassing solving the usual system of integral equation. The limiting case of infinitely many small particles embedded into a medium…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. G. Ramm

Brane model of universe is considered for a particle. Conservation laws inside the brane are obtained. Equation of motion is derived for a particle using variation principle from these conservation laws. This equation includes terms…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-13 S. N. Andrianov , V. V. Bochkarev , S. M. Kozyrev

Given two positive real numbers $M$ and $m$ and an integer $n>2$, it is well known that we can find a family of solutions of the $(n+1)$-body problem where the body with mass $M$ stays put at the origin and the other $n$ bodies, all with…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2020-09-15 Oscar Perdomo , Andrés Rivera , Johann Suárez

We develop the continuum mechanics of quantum many-body systems in the linear response regime. The basic variable of the theory is the displacement field, for which we derive a closed equation of motion under the assumption that the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-13 Jianmin Tao , Xianlong Gao , G. Vignale , I. V. Tokatly

A general definition of energy is given, via the N\"other theorem, for the N-body problem in (1+1) dimensional gravity. Within a first-order Lagrangian framework, the density of energy of a solution relative to a background is identified…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 R. B. Mann , G. Potvin , M. Raiteri

We consider the special case of the restricted circular three-body problem, when the two primaries are of equal mass, while the third body of negligible mass performs oscillations along a straight line perpendicular to the plane of the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-17 Vladislav Sidorenko