Regularized phase-space volume for the three-body problem

DOI10.1007/S10569-022-10108-1zbMATH Open1504.70011arXiv2205.04294OpenAlexW4310276450MaRDI QIDQ2104231FDOQ2104231

Authors: Yogesh Dandekar, Barak Kol, Lior Lederer, Subhajit Mazumdar 

Publication date: 9 December 2022

Published in: Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The micro-canonical phase-space volume for the three-body problem is an elementary quantity of intrinsic interest, and within the flux-based statistical theory, it sets the scale of the disintegration time. While the bare phase-volume diverges, we show that a regularized version can be defined by subtracting a reference phase-volume, which is associated with hierarchical configurations. The reference quantity, also known as a counter-term, can be chosen from a 1-parameter class. The regularized phase-volume of a given (negative) total energy, $$, is evaluated. First, it is reduced to a function of the masses only, which is sensitive to the choice of a regularization scheme only through an additive constant. Then, analytic integration is used to reduce the integration to a sphere, known as shape sphere. Finally, the remaining integral is evaluated numerically, and presented by a contour plot in parameter space. Regularized phase-volumes are presented for both the planar three-body system and the full 3d system. In the test mass limit, the regularized phase-volume is found to become negative, thereby signalling the breakdown of the non-hierarchical statistical theory. This work opens the road to the evaluation of $$, where $L$ is the total angular momentum, and it turn, to comparison with simulation determined disintegration times.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.04294

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zbMATH Keywords

chaosstatistical mechanicsthree-body problemphase-space volume

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Three-body problems (70F07)

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