Semi-analytical estimates for the chaotic diffusion in the second fundamental model of resonance. Application to Earth's navigation satellites

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2023.133946arXiv2306.09847OpenAlexW4387538532MaRDI QIDQ6090684FDOQ6090684

Authors: Edoardo Legnaro, C. Efthymiopoulos, M. Harsoula 

Publication date: 17 November 2023

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We discuss the applicability of the Melnikov and Landau-Teller theories in obtaining semi-analytical estimates of the speed of chaotic diffusion in systems driven by the separatrix-like stochastic layers of a resonance belonging to the `second fundamental model' (SFM)cite{henrard1983second}. Stemming from the analytic solution for the SFM in terms of Weierstrass elliptic functions, we introduce stochastic Melnikov and Landau-Teller models allowing to locally approximate chaotic diffusion as a sequence of uncorrelated `jumps' observed in the time series yielding the slow evolution of an ensemble of trajectories in the space of the adiabatic actions of the system. Such jumps occur in steps of one per homoclinic loop. We show how a semi-analytical determination of the probability distribution of the size of the jumps can be arrived at by the Melnikov and Landau-Teller approximate theories. Computing also the mean time required per homoclinic loop, we arrive at estimates of the chaotic diffusion coefficient in such systems. As a concrete example, we refer to the long-term diffusion of a small object (e.g. Earth navigation satellite or space debris) within the chaotic layers of the so-called $2g+h$ lunisolar resonance, which is of the SFM type. After a suitable normal form reduction of the Hamiltonian, we compute estimates of the speed of diffusion of these objects, which compare well with the results of numerical experiments.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.09847

zbMATH Keywords

chaotic diffusionLandau-Teller theoryMelnikov approximationnavigation satellitessecond fundamental model of resonance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Perturbations of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems, normal forms, small divisors, KAM theory, Arnol'd diffusion (37J40) Nearly integrable Hamiltonian systems, KAM theory (70H08) Dynamical systems in classical and celestial mechanics (37N05) Celestial mechanics (70F15) Orbital mechanics (70M20)

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