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Jacobi coordinates for three particles

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For three particles, choose the relative position of particles one and two, the position of their center of mass relative to particle three, and the total center of mass. The kinetic energy diagonalizes with masses
m1​+m2​m1​m2​​,m1​+m2​+m3​(m1​+m2​)m3​​,m1​+m2​+m3​.
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Angular momentum decomposition in three-body Jacobi coordinates

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Jacobi coordinates for three particles
For Jacobi coordinates a,b,c and their corresponding reduced masses α,β,γ, total angular momentum is
L=αa×a˙+βb×b˙+γc×c˙.
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