Maslov-type indices and linear stability of elliptic Euler solutions of the three-body problem

In this paper, we use the central configuration coordinate decomposition to study the linearized Hamiltonian system near the elliptic Euler solutions. Then using the Maslov-type \omega-index theory of symplectic paths and the theory of linear operators we compute the \omega-indices and obtain certain properties of linear stability of the Euler elliptic solutions of the classical three-body problem.