Computation of a separatrix map and a normally hyperbolic invariant lamination for the RP3BP
Abstract
In this paper we discuss the existence of a normally hyperbolic invariant lamination (NHIL) at the Kirkwood gap for the Restricted Planar Elliptic 3 Body Problem. This problem models the Sun-Jupiter-Asteroid dynamics. We also show that the induced dynamics on the NHIL is a partially hyperbolic skew-shift which is of the form where , the space of sequences of 's, is the shift in this space, is the shear, is an amplitude, and is the eccentricity of Jupiter, which is taken as a small parameter. In the companion paper arXiv:2603.19894, relying on these skew-shift, we show the existence of stochastic diffusing behavior for Asteroids belonging to the Kirkwood gap provided the eccentricity of Jupiter is small enough. Key ingredients to construct the NHIL are the separatrix map associated to homoclinic channels to a normally hyperbolic invariant cylinder and an isolating block construction. Some of the necessary non-degeneracy conditions are verified numerically.
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@article{arxiv.2603.19893,
title = {Computation of a separatrix map and a normally hyperbolic invariant lamination for the RP3BP},
author = {Marcel Guardia and Vadim Kaloshin and Pau Martín and Pablo Roldan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.19893},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
58 pages, 19 figures. Minor changes to the bibliography