arXiv · 2404.17899
Stability of the regular $n$-gon rotating equilibria with logarithm interaction
Abstract
We study the linear stability of regular $n$-gon rotating equilibria in the $n$-body problem with logarithm interaction. In the presence of a central mass $M$, linear stability is insured if $M$ is bounded below and above by constants depending on the number and mass of the (equal) outer $n$ bodies. Moreover, we provide explicit equations of these bounds. In the absence of a central mass we find that the regular $n$-gon is linearly stable for $n =2,3,\ldots 6$ only.
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Anna-Monika Muscas, Daniel Pasca, Cristina Stoica. 2024-04-27. Stability of the regular $n$-gon rotating equilibria with logarithm interaction. https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.17899
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