1996/04/02 by Douglas C. Heggie, D. C. Heggie, P. Hut +1 · 21 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Aerospace engineering #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysics #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Binary Independence Model #Binary number #Binary star #Mathematical economics #Nuclear physics research studies #Orbit (dynamics) #Outcome (game theory) #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Scattering #Stars #Statistical physics #Theoretical physics #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.04027.x
published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 318(4), L61-L63 (Oxford University Press) · 25 pages, TeX + 2 ps-figures, to appear in ApJ
arxiv created 1996/04/02 · openalex publication_date 2000/11/11 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
A recently discovered solution of the three-body problem represents a new possible byproduct of binary—binary scattering. This is demonstrated by an explicit example. A way of detecting the new orbit automatically is discussed, and we give estimates related to the probability of its formation.