Celestial mechanics of elastic bodies

Author(s)
Robert Beig, Bernd Schmidt
Abstract

We construct time independent configurations of two gravitating elastic bodies. These configurations either correspond to the two bodies moving in a circular orbit around their center of mass or strictly static configurations.

Organisation(s)
Gravitational Physics
External organisation(s)
Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert Einstein Institut)
Journal
Mathematische Zeitschrift
Volume
258
Pages
381-394
ISSN
0025-5874
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00209-007-0177-5
Publication date
2008
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103036 Theoretical physics
Portal url
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/celestial-mechanics-of-elastic-bodies(edafd948-31a5-4833-9eff-cbc25188db28).html