Orbital flips in hierarchical triple systems: Relativistic effects and third-body effects to hexadecapole order
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.96.023017
Abstract: We analyze the secular evolution of hierarchical triple systems in the post-Newtonian approximation to general relativity. We expand the Newtonian three-body equations of motion in powers of the ratio a/A, where a and A are… read more here.
Keywords: order; triple systems; hexadecapole order; orbital flips ... See more keywords