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Masaai warrior shield: The life time of a three body system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Harry J. Lehto ,
Pekka Heinämäki ,
Arthur D. Chernin  and
Mauri J. Valtonen
Harry J. Lehto
Affiliation:
Tuorla Observatory, Turku University, 21500 Piikkiö, Finland Department of Physical Sciences, 20014, Turku University, Finland
Pekka Heinämäki
Affiliation:
Tuorla Observatory, Turku University, 21500 Piikkiö, Finland
Arthur D. Chernin
Affiliation:
Tuorla Observatory, Turku University, 21500 Piikkiö, Finland Sternberg Astron., Institute, Moscow University, 119899 Moscow, Russia
Mauri J. Valtonen
Affiliation:
Tuorla Observatory, Turku University, 21500 Piikkiö, Finland Department of Physical Sciences, 20014, Turku University, Finland

Abstract

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We have investigated the behavior of a general Newtonian three body system using the simplest initial conditions. We calculated the evolution of about a million bound three body systems. Within our resolution these cover all the possible initial states. All these systems eventually decay with one body being ejected from the residual binary system. The overall pattern representing the decay time scales projected on a homology map is dominated by resonances. In general appearance it reminds us of a traditional Masaai warrior shield.

Type
Part 3. Numerical Simulations
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 174: Small Galaxy Groups , 2000 , pp. 314 - 317
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000

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