A Continuing Study of Chaos in the Three Body Problem

ORAL

Abstract

Little is known about chaos in general relativity, Einstein's theory of gravitation. We investigate chaos in the general relativistic three-body problem by studying the scattering of a single object from a binary pair. The gravitational equations are solved in the post-Newtonian approximation. We present results with both equal mass and unequal mass binaries.

Authors

  • Miriam Neubauer

    • Brigham Young University
  • J.J. Campbell

    • Brigham Young University
  • David Tanner

    • Brigham Young University
  • David Neilsen

    • Brigham Young University