Generic occurrence of rings in rotating systems
Chaotic Dynamics
2009-10-31 v2 Astrophysics
Abstract
In rotating scattering systems, the generic saddle-center scenario leads to stable islands in phase space. Non-interacting particles whose initial conditions are defined in such islands will be trapped and form rotating rings. This result is generic and also holds for systems quite different from planetary rings.
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@article{arxiv.nlin/0001018,
title = {Generic occurrence of rings in rotating systems},
author = {L. Benet and T. H. Seligman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0001018},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, 5 ps figures; uses elsart.sty and epsfig.sty Accepted in Phys. Lett. A