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We define a class of quantum systems called regular quantum graphs. Although their dynamics is chaotic in the classical limit with positive topological entropy, the spectrum of regular quantum graphs is explicitly computable analytically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Blümel , Yu. Dabaghian , R. V. Jensen

The existence of hyperbolic orbits is proved for a class of restricted three-body problems with a fixed energy by taking limit for a sequence of periodic solutions which are obtained by variational methods.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-08-06 Donglun Wu , Shiqing Zhang

To solve some problems of celestial mechanics and astrophysics, three new models of an elliptical galaxy (EG) have been created, which are in good agreement with modern understanding of the structure of such galaxies. Based on these models,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-20 S. A. Gasanov

Oks proposes the existence of a new class of stable planetary orbits around binary stars, in the shape of a helix on a conical surface whose axis of symmetry coincides with the interstellar axis. We show that this claim relies on the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-01-01 Greg Egan

The Melnikov method is applied to periodically perturbed open systems modeled by an inverse--square--law attraction center plus a quadrupolelike term. A compactification approach that regularizes periodic orbits at infinity is introduced.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. S. Letelier , A. E. Motter

As originally formulated, the Generalized Alignment Index (GALI) method of chaos detection has so far been applied to distinguish quasiperiodic from chaotic motion in conservative nonlinear dynamical systems. In this paper we extend its…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2013-10-17 T. Manos , Ch. Skokos , Ch. Antonopoulos

We consider a periodic problem for the motion of a charged particle in a magnetic field. Introducing a notion of Ricci curvature for such Lagrangian systems and using the methods of the calculus of variations in the large, we prove the…

dg-ga · Mathematics 2008-02-03 A. Bahri , I. A. Taimanov

In the present article, we investigate the behavior of orbits in a time independent axially symmetric galactic type potential. This dynamical model can be considered to describe the motion in the central parts of a galaxy, for values of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-06-13 Euaggelos E. Zotos

Based on the results about the invariant cones appeared in the literature this paper analyses the existence of periodic orbits in three-dimensional continuous piecewise linear homogeneous systems with two zones, and a necessary and…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2010-01-15 Songmei Huan , Xiao-Song Yang

Absolute proper motions for six new globular clusters have recently been determined. This motivated us to obtain the Galactic orbits of these six clusters both in an axisymmetric Galactic potential and in a barred potential, such as the one…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Christine Allen , Edmundo Moreno , Barbara Pichardo

The Stark problem is Kepler problem with an external constant acceleration. In this paper, we study the periodic orbits for Stark problem for both planar case and spatial case. We have conducted a detailed analysis of the invariant tori and…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-05-17 Ku-Jung Hsu , Wentian Kuang

This paper is concerned with the existence of periodic orbits on energy hypersurfaces in cotangent bundles of Riemannian manifolds defined by mechanical Hamiltonians. In \cite{bpv} it was proved that, provided certain geometric assumptions…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2014-09-11 J. B. van den Berg , F. Pasquotto , T. O. Rot , R. C. A. M. Vandervorst

We show that the presence of one non-degenerate, non-contractible periodic orbit of a Hamiltonian on the standard symplectic torus implies the existence of infinitely many simple non-contractible periodic orbits.

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2017-08-09 Ryuma Orita

In the framework of the semiclassical approach the universal spectral correlations in the Hamiltonian systems with classical chaotic dynamics can be attributed to the systematic correlations between actions of periodic orbits which (up to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-09-16 Boris Gutkin , Vladimir Al. Osipov

Off-equatorial circular orbits with constant latitudes (halo orbits) of electrically charged particles exist near compact objects. In the previous paper, we discussed this kind of motion and demonstrated the existence of minima of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-05-19 Jiri Kovar , Ondrej Kopacek , Vladimir Karas , Zdenek Stuchlik

We present an algorithm for constructing analytically approximate integrals of motion in simple time periodic Hamiltonians of the form $H=H_0+ \varepsilon H_i$, where $\varepsilon$ is a perturbation parameter. We apply our algorithm in a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 Athanasios C. Tzemos , George Contopoulos

We present new families of bound, closed, nonelliptical orbits that are supported by various spherical potentials in clear contradiction to Newton's and Bertrand's theorems. We calculate analytically some typical closed orbits of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-02 Dimitris M. Christodoulou , Demosthenes Kazanas

Let $S$ be a closed surface of genus $g\geq 1$, furnished with an area form $\omega$. We show that there exists an open and dense set ${\mathcal O_r}$ of the space of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms of class $C^r$, $1\leq r\leq\infty$, endowed…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-06-07 Patrice Le Calvez , Martin Sambarino

Establishing the existence of periodic orbits is one of the crucial and most intricate topics in the study of dynamical systems, and over the years, many methods have been developed to this end. On the other hand, finding closed orbits in…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-01-25 Marian Mrozek , Roman Srzednicki , Justin Thorpe , Thomas Wanner

We investigate periodic straight-line orbits (SLO) in Hamiltonian force fields using both direct and inverse methods. A general theorem is proven for natural Hamiltonians quadratic in the momenta in arbitrary dimension and specialized to…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2010-06-22 J. E. Howard , J. D. Meiss