Linear stability of elliptic Lagrangian solutions of the planar three-body problem via index theory

DOI10.1007/S00205-014-0749-6MaRDI QIDQ398720zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Xijun Hu, Shanzhong Sun, Yiming Long

Publication date 15 August 2014

Published in Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.6162

zbMATH Keywords

bifurcation diagramexistencetriangular homographic orbit

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Three-body problems (70F07) Stability for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K20)

Abstract: It is well known that the linear stability of Lagrangian elliptic equilateral triangle homographic solutions in the classical planar three-body problem depends on the mass parameter $$ and the eccentricity $ein[0,1)$. We are not aware of any existing analytical method which relates the linear stability of these solutions to the two parameters directly in the full rectangle $[0,9]imes[0,1)$, besides perturbation methods for $e>0$ small enough, blow-up techniques for $e$ sufficiently close to 1, and numerical studies. In this paper, we introduce a new rigorous analytical method to study the linear stability of these solutions in terms of the two parameters in the full $$ range $[0,9]imes[0,1)$ via the $om$-index theory of symplectic paths for $om$ belonging to the unit circle of the complex plane, and the theory of linear operators. After establishing the $om$-index decreasing property of the solutions in $$ for fixed $ein[0,1)$, we prove the existence of three curves located from left to right in the rectangle $[0,9]imes[0,1)$, among which two are -1 degeneracy curves and the third one is the right envelop curve of the $om$-degeneracy curves for $omot=1$, and show that the linear stability pattern of such elliptic Lagrangian solutions changes if and only if the parameter $$ passes through each of these three curves. Interesting symmetries of these curves are also observed. The singular case when the eccentricity $e$ approaches to 1 is also analyzed in details concerning the linear stability.

Review text

The authors consider the classical planar three-body problem in celestial mechanics. The three bodies form an equilateral triangle, and each body travels along a specified Keplerian elliptic orbit about the center of masses of the system. A new rigorous analytical method to study the linear stability of the Lagrangian elliptical solutions is introduced. Theorems on the existence and properties of the curves are proved. The stability bifurcation diagram of the Lagrangian triangular homographic orbits is shown on figures. The linear stability in the singular case when the eccentricity approach to one is analyzed in detail.

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