C. Chicone et al., GRAVITATIONAL IONIZATION - PERIODIC-ORBITS OF BINARY-SYSTEMS PERTURBED BY GRAVITATIONAL-RADIATION, Annales de l'I.H.P. Physique theorique, 64(1), 1996, pp. 87-125
The long term perturbation of a Newtonian binary system by an incident
gravitational wave is discussed in connection with the issue of gravi
tational ionization. The periodic orbits of the planar tidal equation
are investigated and the conditions for their existence are presented.
The possibility of ionization of a Keplerian orbit via gravitational
radiation is discussed.