Exploration of billiards with Keplerian potential

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The work investigates the dynamics of particles moving in domains influenced by a central Keplerian potential, focusing on two types of boundary interactions: reflective and refractive (with Snell's law). The authors provide analytical criteria for chaos in elliptic domains and analyze the linear stability of equilibrium trajectories. Using both theoretical results and extensive numerical simulations, they demonstrate that small changes in the domain or parameters can trigger bifurcations and chaotic behavior. The study reveals that chaotic dynamics are widespread, even in settings not previously proven to be chaotic, highlighting the sensitivity of such systems to geometric and energetic conditions. The reference list contains former works on which researched is primarily based on.











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