Normality condition in the ideal resonance problem

Abstract

The Ideal Resonance Problem, defined by the Hamiltonian

$$F = B(y) + 2\mu ^2 A(y)\sin ^2 x,\mu \ll 1,$$

has been solved in Garfinkelet al. (1971). As a perturbed simple pendulum, this solution furnishes a convenient and accurate reference orbit for the study of resonance. In order to preserve the penduloid character of the motion, the solution is subject to thenormality condition, which boundsAB" andB' away from zero indeep and inshallow resonance, respectively. For a first-order solution, the paper derives the normality condition in the form

$$pi \leqslant max(|\alpha /\alpha _1 |,|\alpha /\alpha _1 |^{2i} ),i = 1,2.$$

Herep _i are known functions of the constant ‘mean element’y', α is the resonance parameter defined by

$$\alpha \equiv - {\rm B}'/|4AB\prime \prime |^{1/2} \mu ,$$

and

$$\alpha _1 \equiv \mu ^{ - 1/2}$$

defines the conventionaldemarcation point separating the deep and the shallow resonance regions. The results are applied to the problem of the critical inclination of a satellite of an oblate planet. There the normality condition takes the form

$$\Lambda _1 (\lambda ) \leqslant e \leqslant \Lambda _2 (\lambda )if|i - tan^{ - 1} 2| \leqslant \lambda e/2(1 + e)$$

withΛ ₁, andΛ ₂ known functions of λ, defined by

$$\begin{gathered} \lambda \equiv |\tfrac{1}{5}(J_2 + J_4 /J_2 )|^{1/4} /q, \hfill \\ q \equiv a(1 - e). \hfill \\ \end{gathered}$$