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Non-Collision singularities in the Planar two-Center-two-Body problem

Dynamical Systems 2016-07-15 v3

Abstract

In this paper, we study a model of simplified four-body problem called planar two-center-two-body problem. In the plane, we have two fixed centers Q1=(χ,0)Q_1=(-\chi,0), Q2=(0,0)Q_2=(0,0) of masses 1, and two moving bodies Q3Q_3 and Q4Q_4 of masses μ1\mu\ll 1. They interact via Newtonian potential. Q3Q_3 is captured by Q2Q_2, and Q4Q_4 travels back and forth between two centers. Based on a model of Gerver, we prove that there is a Cantor set of initial conditions which lead to solutions of the Hamiltonian system whose velocities are accelerated to infinity within finite time avoiding all early collisions. We consider this model as a simplified model for the planar four-body problem case of the Painlev\'{e} conjecture.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1307.2645,
  title  = {Non-Collision singularities in the Planar two-Center-two-Body problem},
  author = {Jinxin Xue and Dmitry Dolgopyat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.2645},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

86 pages, 3 figures

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