Title: A Collision-Based Periodic Orbit in Three Dimensions

Speaker(s): Skyler Simmons

Abstract: I will present a collision-based periodic orbit of eight bodies in three dimensions in the Newtonian n-body problem. In this orbit, each body collides in turn with its nearest three neighbors. A construction of the orbit, its regularization, symmetries, and determination of the initial conditions will be given. Results relating to stability in multiple settings will also be discussed.