It is well known that the linear stability of elliptic Lagrangian solutions depends on the mass parameter $\beta = 27(m_1m_2+m_2m_3+m_3m_1)/(m_1+m_2+m_3)^2 \in [0,9]$ and the eccentricity $e \in [0,1)$. Based on new techniques for evaluating the hyperbolicity and the recently developed trace formula for Hamiltonian systems [9], we identify regions for $(\beta,e)$ such that elliptic Lagrangian solutions are hyperbolic. Consequently, we have proven that the elliptic relative equilibrium of square central configurations is hyperbolic with any eccentricity.
Keywords:
central configurations, elliptic relative equilibrium, linear stability, hyperbolicity, $n$-body problem
Citation:
Hu X., Ou Y., An Estimation for the Hyperbolic Region of Elliptic Lagrangian Solutions in the Planar Three-body Problem, Regular and Chaotic Dynamics,
2013, Volume 18, Number 6,
pp. 732-741