The Binary Returns!

MaRDI QIDQ6268116zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Connor Jackman

Publication date 6 December 2015

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Qualitative theory for ordinary differential equations (34C99) (n)-body problems (70F10) Celestial mechanics (70F15)

Abstract: Consider the spatial Newtonian three body problem at fixed negative energy and fixed angular momentum. The moment of inertia $I$ provides a measure of the overall size of a three-body system. We will prove that there is a positive number $I_0$ depending on the energy and angular momentum levels as well as the masses such that every solution at these levels passes through $Ileq{I}_0$ at some instant of time. Motivation for this result comes from trying to prove the impossibility of realizing a certain syzygy sequence in the zero angular momentum problem.

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