English

Existence and Stability the Lagrangian point $L_4$ for the Earth-Sun system under a relativistic framework

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2016-05-17 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

It is well known that, from the Newtonian point of view, the Lagrangian point L4L_4 in the circular restricted three body is stable if μ<118(919)0.03852\mu< \frac{1}{18}(9-\sqrt{19})\approx 0.03852. In this paper we will provide a formula that allows us to compute the eigenvalues of the matrix that determines the stability of the equilibrium points of a family of ordinary differential equations. As an application we will show that, under the relativistic framework, the Lagrangian point L4L_4 is also stable for the Sun-Earth system. Similar arguments show the stability for L4L_4 not only for the Sun-Earth system but for systems coming from a range of values for μ\mu similar to those in the Newtonian restricted three body problem.

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@article{arxiv.1605.04527,
  title  = {Existence and Stability the Lagrangian point $L_4$ for the Earth-Sun system under a relativistic framework},
  author = {Oscar M. Perdomo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.04527},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

This paper is a modification of the previous paper arXiv:1601.00924. The main difference between the paper is that the old one focuses on the stability near the critical value for mu and this new version focuses on providing a mathematical proof for the stability