title: Driving trajectories in chaotic scattering.
abstract: In this work we introduce a general approach for targeting in chaotic scattering that can be used to find a transfer trajectory between any two points located inside the scattering region. We show that this method can be used in association with a control of chaos strategy to drive around and keep a particle inside the scattering region. As an illustration of how powerful this approach is, we use it in a case of practical interest in celestial mechanics in which it is desired to control the evolution of two satellites that evolve around a large central body.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Integraçāo e Testes (LIT), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), São José das Campos, São Paulo, Brazil. elbert@lit.inpe.br
authors.forename: Elbert E N
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Macau
authors.forename: Iberê L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Caldas