Double pyramidal central configurations

Shiqing Zhang, Qing Zhou

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Abstract

For N + 2 (N ≥ 4) body problem, if N bodies are at the vertices of a unit regular polygon base and the (N + 1)th body and the (N + 2)th body have equal masses and are at two ends of the vertical line of the plane P formed by the former N bodies, and the vertical line passes the geometrical center of the unit regular polygon and the geometrical center coincides with the center of masses m1,..., mN, and m1,..., mN, mN+1, mN+2 (that is, the (N + 1)th body and the (N + 2)th body have the same distance from the center of masses), then the N + 2 bodies form a double pyramidal central configuration if and only if the masses which are at the vertices of a regular polygon are equal and (1.6) holds.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)240-248
Number of pages9
JournalPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume281
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 Mar 2001

Keywords

  • (N + 2)-body problems
  • Double pyramidal central configuration
  • Regular polygonal base

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