On central configurations of the κn-body problem

We consider planar central configurations of the Newtonian κn-body problem consisting in κ groups of regular n-gons of equal masses, called (κ,n)-crown. We derive the equations of central configurations for a general (κ,n)-crown. When κ=2 we prove the existence of a twisted (2,n)-crown for any value...

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Autores: Barrabés Vera, Esther|||0000-0002-8448-692X, Cors Iglesias, Josep Maria|||0000-0002-9803-8490
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:204399
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/204399
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.jmaa.2019.04.010
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Celestial mechanics
N-body problem
Planar central configurations
Twisted central configurations
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Sumario:We consider planar central configurations of the Newtonian κn-body problem consisting in κ groups of regular n-gons of equal masses, called (κ,n)-crown. We derive the equations of central configurations for a general (κ,n)-crown. When κ=2 we prove the existence of a twisted (2,n)-crown for any value of the mass ratio. Moreover, for n=3,4 and any value of the mass ratio, we give the exact number of twisted (2,n)-crowns, and describe their location. Finally, we conjecture that for any value of the mass ratio there exist exactly three (2,n)-crowns for n≥5.