Spatial Structure of Regular and Chaotic Orbits in Self-Consistent Models of Galactic Satellites
- Autores
- Muzzio, Juan Carlos; Mosquera, Mercedes Elisa
- Año de publicación
- 2004
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- inglés
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- In several previous papers we had investigated the orbits of the stars that make up galactic satellites, finding that many of them were chaotic. Most of the models studied in those works were not self-consistent, the single exception being the Heggie and Ramamani (1995) models; nevertheless, these ones are built from a distribution function that depends on the energy (actually, the Jacobi integral) only, what makes them rather special. Here we built up two self-consistent models of galactic satellites, freezed theirs potential in order to have smooth and stationary fields, and investigated the spatial structure of orbits whose initial positions and velocities were those of the bodies in the self-consistent models. We distinguished between partially chaotic (only one nonzero Lyapunov exponent) and fully chaotic (two non-zero Lyapunov exponents) orbits and showed that, as could be expected from the fact that the former obey an additional local isolating integral, besides the global Jacobi integral, they have different spatial distributions. Moreover, since Lyapunov exponents are computed over finite time intervals, their values reflect the properties of the part of the chaotic sea they are navigating during those intervals and, as a result, when the chaotic orbits are separated in groups of low- and high-valued exponents, significant differences can also be recognized between their spatial distributions. The structure of the satellites can, therefore, be understood as a superposition of several separate subsystems, with different degrees of concentration and trixiality, that can be recognized from the analysis of the Lyapunov exponents of their orbits.
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Astronomía
chaotic motion
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Spatial Structure of Regular and Chaotic Orbits in Self-Consistent Models of Galactic SatellitesMuzzio, Juan CarlosMosquera, Mercedes ElisaAstronomíachaotic motiongalactic satellitesstellar orbitsIn several previous papers we had investigated the orbits of the stars that make up galactic satellites, finding that many of them were chaotic. Most of the models studied in those works were not self-consistent, the single exception being the Heggie and Ramamani (1995) models; nevertheless, these ones are built from a distribution function that depends on the energy (actually, the Jacobi integral) only, what makes them rather special. Here we built up two self-consistent models of galactic satellites, freezed theirs potential in order to have smooth and stationary fields, and investigated the spatial structure of orbits whose initial positions and velocities were those of the bodies in the self-consistent models. We distinguished between partially chaotic (only one nonzero Lyapunov exponent) and fully chaotic (two non-zero Lyapunov exponents) orbits and showed that, as could be expected from the fact that the former obey an additional local isolating integral, besides the global Jacobi integral, they have different spatial distributions. Moreover, since Lyapunov exponents are computed over finite time intervals, their values reflect the properties of the part of the chaotic sea they are navigating during those intervals and, as a result, when the chaotic orbits are separated in groups of low- and high-valued exponents, significant differences can also be recognized between their spatial distributions. The structure of the satellites can, therefore, be understood as a superposition of several separate subsystems, with different degrees of concentration and trixiality, that can be recognized from the analysis of the Lyapunov exponents of their orbits.Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas2004info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf379-396http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/139525enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0923-2958info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1572-9478info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1023/b:cele.0000023411.87573.7ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-10-15T11:23:59Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/139525Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-10-15 11:23:59.385SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse |
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Spatial Structure of Regular and Chaotic Orbits in Self-Consistent Models of Galactic Satellites |
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Spatial Structure of Regular and Chaotic Orbits in Self-Consistent Models of Galactic Satellites |
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Spatial Structure of Regular and Chaotic Orbits in Self-Consistent Models of Galactic Satellites Muzzio, Juan Carlos Astronomía chaotic motion galactic satellites stellar orbits |
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Spatial Structure of Regular and Chaotic Orbits in Self-Consistent Models of Galactic Satellites |
title_full |
Spatial Structure of Regular and Chaotic Orbits in Self-Consistent Models of Galactic Satellites |
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Spatial Structure of Regular and Chaotic Orbits in Self-Consistent Models of Galactic Satellites |
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Spatial Structure of Regular and Chaotic Orbits in Self-Consistent Models of Galactic Satellites |
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Spatial Structure of Regular and Chaotic Orbits in Self-Consistent Models of Galactic Satellites |
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Muzzio, Juan Carlos Mosquera, Mercedes Elisa |
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Muzzio, Juan Carlos |
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Muzzio, Juan Carlos Mosquera, Mercedes Elisa |
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Mosquera, Mercedes Elisa |
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Astronomía chaotic motion galactic satellites stellar orbits |
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Astronomía chaotic motion galactic satellites stellar orbits |
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In several previous papers we had investigated the orbits of the stars that make up galactic satellites, finding that many of them were chaotic. Most of the models studied in those works were not self-consistent, the single exception being the Heggie and Ramamani (1995) models; nevertheless, these ones are built from a distribution function that depends on the energy (actually, the Jacobi integral) only, what makes them rather special. Here we built up two self-consistent models of galactic satellites, freezed theirs potential in order to have smooth and stationary fields, and investigated the spatial structure of orbits whose initial positions and velocities were those of the bodies in the self-consistent models. We distinguished between partially chaotic (only one nonzero Lyapunov exponent) and fully chaotic (two non-zero Lyapunov exponents) orbits and showed that, as could be expected from the fact that the former obey an additional local isolating integral, besides the global Jacobi integral, they have different spatial distributions. Moreover, since Lyapunov exponents are computed over finite time intervals, their values reflect the properties of the part of the chaotic sea they are navigating during those intervals and, as a result, when the chaotic orbits are separated in groups of low- and high-valued exponents, significant differences can also be recognized between their spatial distributions. The structure of the satellites can, therefore, be understood as a superposition of several separate subsystems, with different degrees of concentration and trixiality, that can be recognized from the analysis of the Lyapunov exponents of their orbits. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas |
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In several previous papers we had investigated the orbits of the stars that make up galactic satellites, finding that many of them were chaotic. Most of the models studied in those works were not self-consistent, the single exception being the Heggie and Ramamani (1995) models; nevertheless, these ones are built from a distribution function that depends on the energy (actually, the Jacobi integral) only, what makes them rather special. Here we built up two self-consistent models of galactic satellites, freezed theirs potential in order to have smooth and stationary fields, and investigated the spatial structure of orbits whose initial positions and velocities were those of the bodies in the self-consistent models. We distinguished between partially chaotic (only one nonzero Lyapunov exponent) and fully chaotic (two non-zero Lyapunov exponents) orbits and showed that, as could be expected from the fact that the former obey an additional local isolating integral, besides the global Jacobi integral, they have different spatial distributions. Moreover, since Lyapunov exponents are computed over finite time intervals, their values reflect the properties of the part of the chaotic sea they are navigating during those intervals and, as a result, when the chaotic orbits are separated in groups of low- and high-valued exponents, significant differences can also be recognized between their spatial distributions. The structure of the satellites can, therefore, be understood as a superposition of several separate subsystems, with different degrees of concentration and trixiality, that can be recognized from the analysis of the Lyapunov exponents of their orbits. |
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