Two-boost problem for the rotating Kepler problem

Abstract

The two-boost problem in space mission design asks whether two points of phase space can be connected with the help of two boosts of given energy. In this article we provide a positive answer for the rotating Kepler problem by generalizing the definition of Lagrangian Rabinowitz Floer homology from the class introduced in [4] to a strictly broader class, and computing the corresponding homology in this more general setting. The principal technical challenge is the non-compactness of the energy hypersurface both near the collision singularity and in the infinity.