Geometric characterizations for variational minimizing solutions of charged 3-body problems

Abstract

We study the charged 3-body problem with the potential function being (-α)-homogeneous on the mutual distances of any two particles via the variational method and try to find the geometric characterizations of the minimizers. We prove that if the charged 3-body problem admits a triangular central configuration, then the variational minimizing solutions of the problem in the \frac{\pi }{2}-antiperiodic function space are exactly defined by the circular motions of this triangular central configuration.

Keywords

Charged 3-body problem / variational minimizer / geometric characterization

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