BOOK
- Koon, W.S., M.W. Lo, J.E. Marsden, S.D. Ross, Dynamical Systems, the Three-Body Problem and Space Mission Design, pdf)
THESIS
- Koon, W.S. [1997], Reduction, Reconstruction and Optimal Control for Nonholonomic Mechanical Systems with Symmetry, Dedicated to My Parents, Soo Wu Chow and Ziang Yuen Kuen. (pdf)
PAPERS
Control of DNA Division:
- Control of a Model of DNA Division via Parametric Resonance, Chaos, 23, 013117 (2013).(Koon, W.S., H. Owhadi, M. Tao, and T. Yanao,[2013].pdf)
Chemical Reaction Dynamics:
- A Nonequilibrium Rate Formula for Collective Motions of Complex Molecular Systems, Proceedings of ICNAAM, Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, International Conference 2010. (Yanao, T., W.S. Koon, and J.E. Marsden,[2010].pdf)
- Intramolecular energy transfer and the driving mechanisms for large-amplitude collective motions of clusters, Journal of Chemical Physics, 130, 144111.(Yanao, T., W.S. Koon, and J.E. Marsden,[2009].pdf)
- Gyration-Radius Dynamics in Structural Transitions of Atomic Clusters, Journal of Chemical Physics, 126, 124102. (Yanao, T., W.S. Koon, J.E. Marsden, and I.G. Kevrekidis [2007].pdf)
- Mass Effects and Internal Space Geometry in Triatomic Reaction Dynamics, Physical Review A, 73, 052704. (Yanao, T., W.S. Koon, and J.E. Marsden [2006]. pdf)
- Application of Tube Dynamics to Non-statistical Reaction Processes, Few-Body Systems, Volume 38, Numbers 2-4, pages 167 - 172. (Gabern F., W. S. Koon, J. E. Marsden, S. D. Ross, and T. Yanao, [2006]. pdf)
- Mass-Related Dynamical Barriers in Triatomic Reactions, Few-Body Systems, Volume 38, Numbers 2-4, pages 161 - 166. (Yanao, T., W.S. Koon, and J.E. Marsden [2006], pdf)
- Theory and Computation of Non-RRKM Lifetime Distributions and Rates of Chemical Systems with Three and More Degrees of Freedom, Physica D, volume 211, issue 3-4, pages 391-406. (Gabern, F., W.S. Koon, J.E. Marsden, and S.D. Ross [2005], pdf)
Astrodynamics and Space Mission Design:
- Binary Asteroids Observation Orbits from a Global Dynamical Picture, SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, vol. 5, N0. 2, pp.252-279 (Gabern, F., W.S. Koon, J.E. Marsden, and D.J. Scheeres [2006], pdf)
- Parking a Spacecraft near an Asteroid Pair, Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 29, N. 3, pp. 544-553. (Gabern, F., W.S. Koon, and J.E. Marsden [2006], pdf)
- Spacecraft Dynamics near a Binary Asteroid, Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations (edited by Hu, Lu and Xie) [2005], pages 297-306. (Gabern, F., W.S. Koon, and J.E. Marsden, pdf)
- Transport in Dynamical Astronomy and Multibody Problems, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 15, 699-727. (Dellnitz, M., O. Junge, W.S. Koon, F. Lekien, M.W. Lo, J.E. Marsden, K. Padberg, R. Preis, S.D. Ross, and B. Thiere [2005], pdf)
- Connecting orbits and invariant manifolds in the spatial three-body problem, Nonlinearity, volume 17, issue 5, pages 1571 - 1606. (Gomez, G., W.S. Koon, M.W. Lo, J.E. Marsden, J. Masdemont and S.D. Ross [2004], pdf)
- Geometric Mechanics and the Dynamics of Asteroid Pairs, New Trends in Astrodynamics and Applications, University of Maryland, College Park. (Koon, W.S., J.E. Marsden, S.D. Ross, M.W. Lo, and D.J. Scheeres [2003], pdf)
- Design of a Multi-Moon Orbiter, AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 9-13 February 2003, Ponce, Puerto Rico, Paper AAS 03-143. (Ross, S.D., W.S.Koon, M.W. Lo, and J.E. Marsden [2003], pdf)
- Invariant Manifolds, the Spatial Three-Body Problem and Petit Grand Tour of Jovian Moons, Libration Point Orbits and Applications (Eds. G Gomez, M.W. Lo and J.J. Masdemont), World Scientific, 2003. (Gomez, G., W.S. Koon, M.W. Lo, J.E. Marsden, J. Masdemont and S.D. Ross [2002], pdf)
- Constructing a Low Energy Transfer between Jovian Moons, Contemporary Mathematics, American Mathematical Society, 292, 129-145. (Koon, W.S., M.W. Lo, J.E. Marsden and S.D. Ross [2002], pdf)
- J2 Dynamics and Formation Flight, the proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August, 2001. (Koon, W.S., J.E. Marsden, J. Masdemont and R.M. Murray [2001], pdf)
- Invariant Manifolds, the Spatial Three-Body Problem and Space Mission Design, the proceedings of AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, August, 2001. (Gomez, G., W.S. Koon, M.W. Lo, J.E. Marsden, J. Masdemont and S.D. Ross [2001], pdf)
- Low Energy Transfer to the Moon, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 81, 63-73. (Koon, W. S., M.W. Lo, J. E. Marsden and S.D. Ross [2001], pdf)
- Resonance and Capture of Jupiter Comets, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 81, 27-38. (Koon, W.S., M.W. Lo, J. E. Marsden and S.D. Ross [2001], pdf)
- Halo Orbit Mission Correction Maneuvers Using Optimal Control, Automatica, 38, 571-583. (Serban, R, W.S. Koon, M.W. Lo, J.E. Marsden, L.R. Petzold, S.D. Ross and R.S. Wilson [2001], pdf)
- Formation Flight Near Libration Points: Survey and Recommendations,, Journal of Space Mission Architecture, Fall 2000, 35-48. (Lo, M.W., W.S. Koon, J.E. Marsden and R.M. Murray [2000])
- Heteroclinic Connections between Periodic Orbits and Resonance Transitions in Celestial Mechanics, Chaos, 10, 427-469. (Koon, W.S., M.W. Lo, J.E. Marsden and S.D. Ross [2000], pdf)
- Shoot the Moon, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Florida, 2000, AAS 00-166. (Koon, W.S., M.W. Lo, J.E. Marsden and S.D. Ross [2000], pdf)
- Optimal Control for Halo Orbit Missions, Proc. IFAC Workshop, Princeton University, NJ, 1-6. (Serban, R, W.S. Koon, M.W. Lo, J.E. Marsden, L.R. Petzold, S.D. Ross and R.S. Wilson [2000], pdf)
- The Genesis Trajectory and Heteroclinic Connections, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Girdwood, Alaska, 1999, AAS99-451. (Koon, W.S., M.W. Lo, J.E. Marsden and S.D. Ross [1999], pdf)
- Dynamical systems, the Three-body Problem and Space Mission Design, Proc. Equadiff99, Berlin, Germany. (Koon, W.S., M.W. Lo, J.E. Marsden and S.D. Ross [1999], pdf)
Nonholonomic Mechanics:
- The Poisson Reduction of NonholonomicMechanical Systems, Reports on Mathematical Physics, 42, 101-134. (Koon, W. S. and J. E. Marsden [1998], pdf)
- The Geometric Structure of Nonholonomic Mechanics, Proc. IEEE CDC, 36, 4856-4862. (Koon, W. S. and J. E. Marsden [1998], pdf)
- The Hamiltonian and Lagrangian Approaches to the Dynamics of Nonholonomic Systems, Reports on Mathematical Physics, 40, 21-62. (Koon, W. S. and J. E. Marsden [1997], pdf)
- Optimal Control for Holonomic and Nonholonomic Mechanical Systems with Symmetry and Lagrangian Reduction, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 35, 901-929. (Koon, W.S. and J.E. Marsden [1997], pdf)