Stability interchanges in a curved Sitnikov problem

DOI10.1088/0951-7715/29/3/1056zbMATH Open1411.70014arXiv1701.07451OpenAlexW2963870234MaRDI QIDQ2807482FDOQ2807482

Ernesto Perez-Chavela, Mark Levi, Luis Franco-Pérez, Marian Gidea

Publication date: 25 May 2016

Published in: Nonlinearity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a curved Sitnikov problem, in which an infinitesimal particle moves on a circle under the gravitational influence of two equal masses in Keplerian motion within a plane perpendicular to that circle. There are two equilibrium points, whose stability we are studying. We show that one of the equilibrium points undergoes stability interchanges as the semi-major axis of the Keplerian ellipses approaches the diameter of that circle. To derive this result, we first formulate and prove a general theorem on stability interchanges, and then we apply it to our model. The motivation for our model resides with the $n$-body problem in spaces of constant curvature.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.07451

zbMATH Keywords

Sitnikov problemqualitative theorystability interchanges

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34D20) Stability theory for smooth dynamical systems (37C75) (n)-body problems (70F10) Topological and differential topological methods for problems in mechanics (70G40)

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• The spatial problem of 2 bodies on a sphere. Reduction and stochasticity
• Symmetric periodic solutions in the Sitnikov problem
• On the \(n\)-body problem on surfaces of revolution

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