Evolution of the moment of inertia of three-body figure-eight choreography

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/36/42/009zbMATH Open1058.70014arXivmath-ph/0304014OpenAlexW2028223338MaRDI QIDQ4468633FDOQ4468633

Authors: Toshiaki Fujiwara, Hiroshi Fukuda, Hiroshi Ozaki 

Publication date: 10 June 2004

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate three-body motion in three dimensions under the interaction potential proportional to r^alpha (alpha

eq 0) or log r, where r represents the mutual distance between bodies, with the following conditions: (I) the moment of inertia is non-zero constant, (II) the angular momentum is zero, and (III) one body is on the centre of mass at an instant. We prove that the motion which satisfies conditions (I)-(III) with equal masses for alpha eq -2, 2, 4 is impossible. And motions which satisfy the same conditions for alpha=2, 4 are solved explicitly. Shapes of these orbits are not figure-eight and these motions have collision. Therefore non-conservation of the moment of inertia for figure-eight choreography for alpha

eq -2 is proved. We also prove that the motion which satisfies conditions (I)-(III) with general masses under the Newtonian potential alpha=-1 is impossible.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0304014

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zbMATH Keywords

Newtonian potentialinteraction potential

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Three-body problems (70F07)

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