Exactly integrable analogue of a one-dimensional gravitating system

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2005.07.068MaRDI QIDQ1957367zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Kenneth R. Yawn, Bill Maier, Bruce N. Miller

Publication date 27 September 2010

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0504408

zbMATH Keywords

\(N\)-body simulationsgravityintegrable dynamical systemvlasov equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems in classical and celestial mechanics (37N05) Computational methods for problems pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems (70-08) (n)-body problems (70F10) Celestial mechanics (70F15) Completely integrable systems and methods of integration for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H06) Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05)

Abstract: Exchange symmetry in acceleration partitions the configuration space of an N particle, one-dimensional, gravitational system into N! equivalent cells. We take advantage of the resulting small angular extent of each cell to construct a related integrable version of the system that takes the form of a central force problem in N-1 dimensions. The properties of the latter, including the construction of trajectories, as well as several continuum limits, are developed. Dynamical simulation is employed to compare the two models. For a class of initial conditions, excellent agreement is observed.

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