Nekhoroshev-stability of $L_4$ and $L_5$ in the spatial restricted three-body problem

    1998, Volume 3, Number 3, pp.  56-72

    Author(s): Benettin G., Fasso F., Guzzo M.

    We show that $L_4$ and $L_5$ in the spatial restricted circular three-body problem are Nekhoroshev-stable for all but a few values of the reduced mass up to the Routh critical value. This result is based on two extensions of previous results on Nekhoroshev-stability of elliptic equilibria, namely to the case of "directional quasi-convexity", a notion introduced here, and to a (non-convex) steep case. We verify that the hypotheses are satisfied for $L_4$ and $L_5$ by means of numerically constructed Birkhoff normal forms.
    Citation: Benettin G., Fasso F., Guzzo M., Nekhoroshev-stability of $L_4$ and $L_5$ in the spatial restricted three-body problem, Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, 1998, Volume 3, Number 3, pp. 56-72


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