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Choreographic solution to the general-relativistic three-body problem.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17677685     Owner:  NLM     Status:  PubMed-not-MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We reexamine the three-body problem in the framework of general relativity. The Newtonian N-body problem admits choreographic solutions, where a solution is called choreographic if every massive particle moves periodically in a single closed orbit. One is a stable figure-eight orbit for a three-body system, which was found first by Moore (1993) and rediscovered with its existence proof by Chenciner and Montgomery (2000). In general relativity, however, the periastron shift prohibits a binary system from orbiting in a single closed curve. Therefore, it is unclear whether general-relativistic effects admit choreography such as the figure eight. We examine general-relativistic corrections to initial conditions so that an orbit for a three-body system can be choreographic and a figure eight. This illustration suggests that the general-relativistic N-body problem also may admit a certain class of choreographic solutions.
Authors:
Tatsunori Imai; Takamasa Chiba; Hideki Asada
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2007-05-17
Journal Detail:
Title:  Physical review letters     Volume:  98     ISSN:  0031-9007     ISO Abbreviation:  Phys. Rev. Lett.     Publication Date:  2007 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-08-06     Completed Date:  2007-09-21     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401141     Medline TA:  Phys Rev Lett     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  201102     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki 036-8561, Japan.
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