Non-integrable galactic dynamics
Abstract
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Orbital and self-consistent dynamics of non-integrable galaxy models are reviewed. Topics covered include torus construction; resonances; triaxial systems with central singularities; mixing and collisionless relaxation; and chaos in collisional systems.
23 pages, 10 postscript figures, uses sussp.sty (included). To appear in B. A. Steves and A. Maciejewski, eds., "The Restless Universe: Applications of Gravitational N-Body Dynamics to Planetary, Stellar and Galactic Systems," Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, 2001
23 pages, 10 postscript figures, uses sussp.sty (included). To appear in B. A. Steves and A. Maciejewski, eds., "The Restless Universe: Applications of Gravitational N-Body Dynamics to Planetary, Stellar and Galactic Systems," Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, 2001