The geometry of the Barbour-Bertotti theories II. The three body problem

Details The geometry of the Barbour-Bertotti theories II. The three body problem The geometry of the Barbour-Bertotti theories II. The three body problem

2000-03-16

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0003065v1

Class.Quant.Grav. 17 (2000) 1963-1978

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

16 pages, 2 eps figures, to appear in Classical and Quantum Gravity

Scientific paper

10.1088/0264-9381/17/9/307

We present a geometric approach to the three-body problem in the non-relativistic context of the Barbour-Bertotti theories. The Riemannian metric characterizing the dynamics is analyzed in detail in terms of the relative separations. Consequences of a conformal symmetry are exploited and the sectional curvatures of geometrically preferred surfaces are computed. The geodesic motions are integrated. Line configurations, which lead to curvature singularities for $N\neq 3$, are investigated. None of the independent scalars formed from the metric and curvature tensor diverges there.

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