Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994cemda..58....1a&link_type=abstract
Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, vol. 58, no. 1, p. 1-16
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
10
Binary Stars, Chaos, Orbit Calculation, Stellar Orbits, Stochastic Processes, Three Body Problem, Triple Stars, Computerized Simulation, Statistical Analysis
Scientific paper
The effects of small changes in the initial conditions of the Pythagorean three-body problem are investigated by computer simulations. This problem consists of three interacting bodies with masses 3, 4 and 5 placed with zero velocities at the apices of a triangle with sides 3, 4 and 5. The final outcome of this motion is that two bodies form a binary and the third body escapes. We attempt to establish regions of the initial positions which give regular and chaotic motions. The vicinity of a small neighborhood around the standard initial position of each body defines a regular region. Other regular regions also exist. Inside these regions the parameters of the triple systems describing the final outcome change continuously with the initial positions. Outside the regular regions the variations of the parameters are abrupt when the initial conditions change smoothly. Escape takes place after a close triple approach which is very sensitive to the initial conditions. Time-reversed solutions are employed to ensure reliable numerical results and distinguish between predictable and non-predictable motions. Close triple approaches often result in non-predictability, even when using regularization; this introduces fundamental difficulties in establishing chaotic regions.
Aarseth Sverre J.
Anosova Joanna P.
Orlov Valeri
Szebehely Victor G.
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