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Restricted three-body problem

A light body moving in the plane of two primaries on circular orbits, in the frame that rotates with them.

  • Name: restricted_three_body
  • Field: physics/celestial_mechanics
  • Formalism: ordinary differential equations
  • References: Dilão 2023; Szebehely 1967

Factory

@register_model(
    field='physics/celestial_mechanics',
    tags=('mechanics', 'ode', 'gravity', 'chaos', 'rotating frame', 'hamiltonian'),
    references=('Dilão 2023', 'Szebehely 1967'),
    defaults={'until': 20.0, 'dt': 0.02, 'solver': RK4Solver(), 'invariants': {'body.energy': 1e-6}},
    observables=_get_rotating_frame_observables,
)
def restricted_three_body(
    x: float = 0.5,
    y: float = 0.0,
    vx: float = 0.0,
    vy: float = 1.15,
    *,
    mu: float = 0.01215,
) -> System:
    """Return a light body moving in the plane of two primaries on circular orbits, in the frame that rotates with them.

    The primaries of masses `1 - μ` and `μ` sit at `(-μ, 0)` and `(1 - μ, 0)`, and the light body moves under the
    Hamiltonian `H = (px² + py²) / 2 + y px - x py - (1 - μ) / r1 - μ / r2` of the rotating frame, with the momenta
    `px = x' - y` and `py = y' + x`. Its terms `y px - x py` couple the coordinates and the momenta, so the Hamiltonian
    is not separable. It equals minus half the Jacobi constant `x² + y² + 2 (1 - μ) / r1 + 2 μ / r2 - x'² - y'²`, which
    is conserved. The default `μ` is that of the Earth and the Moon.

    The default start has the Jacobi constant 2.835, below that of the neck towards the Moon, and its orbit is chaotic:
    it passes near the Moon after 3.5 time units and wanders between the two primaries, with a Lyapunov exponent near
    0.2. Starts of a larger constant are confined around the Earth, such as `vy = 0.8` with the constant 3.52, which
    traces a regular precessing rosette.

    Args:
        x:
            The initial first coordinate.

        y:
            The initial second coordinate.

        vx:
            The initial first velocity.

        vy:
            The initial second velocity.

        mu:
            The mass of the lighter primary, as a fraction of the total.

    Returns:
        system:
            The model, with the coordinates `body.x` and `body.y` and the momenta `body.px` and `body.py`.

    Examples:
        >>> from skcomplex.models.physics.celestial_mechanics import restricted_three_body
        >>> restricted_three_body(mu=0.1).elements[0].mu
        0.1
    """
    return System(
        elements=[RotatingFrameBodyElement('body', x=x, y=y, px=vx - y, py=vy + x, mu=mu)],
        interactions=[
            HamiltonianInteraction(
                'motion',
                target='body',
                coordinates=('x', 'y'),
                momenta=('px', 'py'),
                hamiltonian=_get_rotating_frame_hamiltonian,
            ),
        ],
    )

Components

class RotatingFrameBodyElement(Element):
    """Light body at `(x, y)` with the canonical momenta `(px, py)` in the frame that rotates with two primaries.

    The states are of order 1, and the momenta are `px = x' - y` and `py = y' + x` for the unit angular velocity of the
    frame. The primaries of masses `1 - mu` and `mu` sit at `(-mu, 0)` and `(1 - mu, 0)`.

    Args:
        label:
            The label of the body.

        visual:
            How the body is drawn, or `None` for its class visual.

        x:
            The initial first coordinate.

        y:
            The initial second coordinate.

        px:
            The initial first momentum.

        py:
            The initial second momentum.

        mu:
            The mass of the lighter primary, as a fraction of the total.

    Examples:
        >>> from skcomplex.models.physics.celestial_mechanics import RotatingFrameBodyElement
        >>> RotatingFrameBodyElement('body', mu=0.1).mu
        0.1
    """

    visual = VisualSpec('bodies', {'positions': ('x', 'y'), 'trail': None, 'marks': _primaries})

    def __init__(
        self,
        label: str,
        visual: VisualSpec | None = None,
        *,
        x: Annotated[float, StateSpec()] = 0.5,
        y: Annotated[float, StateSpec()] = 0.0,
        px: Annotated[float, StateSpec()] = 0.0,
        py: Annotated[float, StateSpec()] = 0.5,
        mu: Annotated[float, ParameterSpec(domain=RealSet.open(0, oo))] = 0.01215,
    ) -> None:
        super().__init__(label, visual=visual)
        self.x = x
        self.y = y
        self.px = px
        self.py = py
        self.mu = mu

class HamiltonianInteraction(Interaction):
    """Hamilton's equations `q' = dH/dp` and `p' = -dH/dq` of the canonical pairs `(q, p)` of a Hamiltonian `H(ns)`.

    The coordinates and the momenta are states of order 1, which may be angles, of every role that binds one element or
    group, `target` by default, and the coordinates pair with the momenta in order. Every component of a vector state
    is a coordinate or a momentum. The interaction returns one rate law per coordinate and per momentum, and the rates
    of one state add, so the Hamiltonians of separate interactions sum: a coupling between two oscillators is an
    interaction of its own whose Hamiltonian holds only the coupling energy. Dissipation or forcing is a rate
    interaction on the momenta.

    A Hamiltonian function takes the namespace of the interaction, with the namespaces of the roles, the time `t`, and
    the symbols of the parameters a subclass declares.

    Args:
        label:
            The label of the interaction, unique among the parts of its system.

        target:
            The path of the element or group whose states are the canonical pairs.

        coordinates:
            The name of the state of order 1 that is a coordinate, or the names of several states.

        momenta:
            The name of the state of order 1 that is the momentum of the coordinate, or the names of several states in
            the order of the coordinates.

        hamiltonian:
            A function of the namespace that returns the Hamiltonian.

    Raises:
        ValidationError:
            A state is not a name, the coordinates and the momenta differ in count, the Hamiltonian is not callable,
            or a coordinate and its momentum differ in size or are not of order 1.

    Examples:
        >>> from typing import Annotated
        >>> from skcomplex.core.elements import Element
        >>> from skcomplex.core.interactions import HamiltonianInteraction
        >>> from skcomplex.core.system import System
        >>> from skcomplex.engine.runtime import Simulation
        >>> from skcomplex.specs import StateSpec
        >>> class OscillatorElement(Element):
        ...     def __init__(self, label, q: Annotated[float, StateSpec()] = 1.0, p: Annotated[float, StateSpec()] = 0):
        ...         super().__init__(label)
        ...         self.q = q
        ...         self.p = p
        >>> energy = lambda s: (s.target.p**2 + s.target.q**2) / 2
        >>> spring = HamiltonianInteraction('spring', target='mass', hamiltonian=energy)
        >>> system = System(elements=[OscillatorElement('mass')], interactions=[spring])
        >>> trajectory = Simulation(system, dt=0.01).check().prepare().run(until=3.14159).trajectory_
        >>> round(float(trajectory.values('mass.q')[-1]), 3)
        -1.0
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        label: str,
        *,
        target: Annotated[str, RoleSpec()],
        coordinates: str | Sequence[str] = 'q',
        momenta: str | Sequence[str] = 'p',
        hamiltonian: Callable[[SimpleNamespace], object] | None = None,
    ) -> None:
        super().__init__(label)
        self.target = target
        self.coordinates = coordinates
        self.momenta = momenta
        self.hamiltonian = hamiltonian

    def _get_names(self, names: str | Sequence[str]) -> tuple[str, ...]:
        """Return the names of the states of one side of the canonical pairs."""
        return (names,) if isinstance(names, str) else tuple(names)

    def _check(self) -> None:
        """Raise an error for a state that is not a name, an unpaired state, or a Hamiltonian that is not callable.

        Raises:
            ValidationError:
                The type declares states, a state is not a name, the coordinates and the momenta differ in count, or
                the Hamiltonian is not callable.
        """
        super()._check()
        for side in ('coordinates', 'momenta'):
            names = self._get_names(getattr(self, side))
            if not names or not all(isinstance(name, str) and name.isidentifier() for name in names):
                error_msg = f'The {side} of {self.label!r} are {getattr(self, side)!r}. Give names of states.'
                raise ValidationError(error_msg)
        coordinates, momenta = self._get_names(self.coordinates), self._get_names(self.momenta)
        if len(coordinates) != len(momenta):
            unpaired = coordinates[len(momenta) :] or momenta[len(coordinates) :]
            error_msg = (
                f'{type(self).__name__} {self.label!r} pairs the coordinates {coordinates} with the momenta {momenta}, '
                f'so {", ".join(unpaired)} has no partner. Give one momentum per coordinate.'
            )
            raise ValidationError(error_msg)
        if self.hamiltonian is not None and not callable(self.hamiltonian):
            error_msg = f'The hamiltonian of {self.label!r} is {self.hamiltonian!r}. Give a function of the namespace.'
            raise ValidationError(error_msg)

    def _get_hamiltonian(self, namespace: SimpleNamespace) -> object:
        """Return the Hamiltonian, the hook a subclass overrides to derive it from its parameters."""
        if self.hamiltonian is None:
            error_msg = f'{type(self).__name__} {self.label!r} has no Hamiltonian. Give a function of the namespace.'
            raise ValidationError(error_msg)
        return self.hamiltonian(namespace)

    def _get_members(self, namespace: SimpleNamespace) -> list[SimpleNamespace]:
        """Return the namespaces of the members whose states are canonical pairs, those of every role of one path."""
        return [
            getattr(namespace, name)
            for name, spec in self._get_specs().items()
            if isinstance(spec, RoleSpec) and not spec.variadic and not spec.noise
        ]

    def _get_state(self, member: SimpleNamespace, name: str) -> Target:
        """Return a canonical state of a member, after checking that it has order 1."""
        if hasattr(member, f'{name}_d1'):
            error_msg = (
                f'{type(self).__name__} {self.label!r} reads the state {name} of order above 1, but canonical '
                'coordinates and momenta have order 1. Declare it with `StateSpec(order=1)`, or derive the equations '
                'of a coordinate of order 2 with `EulerLagrangeInteraction`.'
            )
            raise ValidationError(error_msg)
        state: Target = getattr(member, name)
        return state

    def _get_pairs(self, namespace: SimpleNamespace) -> list[tuple[Target, Target]]:
        """Return the canonical pairs of every member, after checking that each coordinate matches its momentum."""
        pairs = []
        names = list(zip(self._get_names(self.coordinates), self._get_names(self.momenta), strict=True))
        for member in self._get_members(namespace):
            for coordinate, momentum in names:
                q, p = self._get_state(member, coordinate), self._get_state(member, momentum)
                if len(self._get_components(q)) != len(self._get_components(p)):
                    error_msg = (
                        f'The coordinate {coordinate} and the momentum {momentum} of {self.label!r} differ in size. '
                        'Give a momentum of the size of its coordinate.'
                    )
                    raise ValidationError(error_msg)
                pairs.append((q, p))
        return pairs

    def _get_components(self, state: Target) -> list[Expression]:
        """Return the components of a state, the state itself for a scalar."""
        return list(state) if isinstance(state, FreeModuleElement) else [state]

    def _get_derivative(self, hamiltonian: Expression, state: Target) -> Target:
        """Return the derivative of the Hamiltonian with respect to a state, every component of a vector state."""
        if isinstance(state, FreeModuleElement):
            return vector(SR, [hamiltonian.diff(component) for component in state])
        return hamiltonian.diff(state)

    def _get_laws(self, namespace: SimpleNamespace) -> list[BasePart]:
        """Return the rate of every coordinate, `dH/dp`, and of every momentum, `-dH/dq`.

        Args:
            namespace:
                The namespace of the symbols the laws can use, with the namespaces of the roles.

        Returns:
            laws:
                The rate laws of the coordinates and the momenta.
        """
        pairs = self._get_pairs(namespace)
        hamiltonian = SR(self._get_hamiltonian(namespace))
        laws: list[BasePart] = []
        for q, p in pairs:
            laws.append(RateLaw(q, self._get_derivative(hamiltonian, p)))
            laws.append(RateLaw(p, -self._get_derivative(hamiltonian, q)))
        return laws

Equations

body.x: diff(x_body(t), t) == px_body(t) + y_body(t)
body.y: diff(y_body(t), t) == py_body(t) - x_body(t)
body.px: diff(px_body(t), t) == (mu_body + x_body(t))*(mu_body - 1)/((mu_body + x_body(t))^2 + y_body(t)^2)^(3/2) - (mu_body + x_body(t) - 1)*mu_body/((mu_body + x_body(t) - 1)^2 + y_body(t)^2)^(3/2) + py_body(t)
body.py: diff(py_body(t), t) == (mu_body - 1)*y_body(t)/((mu_body + x_body(t))^2 + y_body(t)^2)^(3/2) - mu_body*y_body(t)/((mu_body + x_body(t) - 1)^2 + y_body(t)^2)^(3/2) - px_body(t)