Random walk in the three-body problem and applications (Q1006276)
From MaRDI portal
scientific article
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Random walk in the three-body problem and applications |
scientific article |
Statements
Random walk in the three-body problem and applications (English)
0 references
20 March 2009
0 references
A combination of a continuous process, namely the three-body problem, with a discrete one provided by the process of random walk is used in order to study several important topics from astrophysical sciences: the formation of the Moon, the instability of asteroid orbits, the ejection from the Sun-Jupiter system. Two main concepts, \textit{horseshoe orbit} and \textit{breakout motion}, make this paper very interesting.
0 references
three-body problem
0 references
random walk
0 references
horseshoe orbit
0 references
bifurcation
0 references
stability
0 references
stochastic process
0 references
hyperbolicity
0 references
collision
0 references
