Evolution of the Moment of Inertia of Three-Body Figure-Eight Choreography
Fujiwara, Toshiaki ; Fukuda, Hiroshi ; Ozaki, Hiroshi
arXiv, 0304014 / Harvested from arXiv
We investigate three-body motion in three dimensions under the interaction potential proportional to r^alpha (alpha \neq 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 \neq -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 \neq -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.
Publié le : 2003-04-10
Classification:  Mathematical Physics
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     title = {Evolution of the Moment of Inertia of Three-Body Figure-Eight
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     journal = {arXiv},
     volume = {2003},
     number = {0},
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     language = {en},
     url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/0304014}
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Fujiwara, Toshiaki; Fukuda, Hiroshi; Ozaki, Hiroshi. Evolution of the Moment of Inertia of Three-Body Figure-Eight
  Choreography. arXiv, Tome 2003 (2003) no. 0, . http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/0304014/