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The ordered or chaotic character of orbits of stars moving in the meridional $(R,z)$ plane of an analytic axisymmetric time-independent disk galaxy model with an additional spherically symmetric central nucleus is investigated. Our aim is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-28 Euaggelos E. Zotos

We explore the nature of orbits of stars moving in the meridional plane $(R,z)$ of an axially symmetric galactic model with a disk, a spherical nucleus, and a flat biaxial dark matter halo component. In particular, we study the influence of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-04-17 Euaggelos E. Zotos

We investigate the regular or chaotic nature of star orbits moving in the meridional plane of an axially symmetric galactic model with a disk and a spherical nucleus. We study the influence of some important parameters of the dynamical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-07-17 Euaggelos E. Zotos , Daniel D. Carpintero

The main objective of this work is to determine the character of orbits of stars moving in the meridional $(R,z)$ plane of an axially symmetric time-independent disk galaxy model with a central massive nucleus and an additional spherical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-14 Euaggelos E. Zotos

The regular or chaotic character of orbits of stars moving in the meridional plane (R,z) of an axially symmetric elliptical galaxy with a dense, massive spherical nucleus and a dark matter halo component is under investigation. In…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-28 Euaggelos E. Zotos , Nicolaos D. Caranicolas , Efthimia G. Doni

We investigate the regular or chaotic nature of orbits of stars moving in the meridional plane $(R,z)$ of an axially symmetric galactic model with a flat disk and a central, non spherical and massive nucleus. In particular, we study the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-28 Euaggelos E. Zotos , Nicolaos D. Caranicolas

We explore the regular or chaotic nature of orbits of stars moving in the meridional (R,z) plane of an axially symmetric time-dependent disk galaxy model with a central, spherically symmetric nucleus. In particular, mass is linearly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-14 Euaggelos E. Zotos

We explore the regular or chaotic nature of orbits moving in the meridional plane of an axially symmetric galactic gravitational model with a disk, a dense spherical nucleus and some additional perturbing terms corresponding to influence…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-02-11 Euaggelos E. Zotos

We investigate the regular or chaotic nature of orbits of stars moving in the meridional plane (R,z) of an axially symmetric galactic model with a dense, massive spherical nucleus and a dark matter halo component. In particular, we study…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-28 Nicolaos D. Caranicolas , Euaggelos E. Zotos

We use a simple dynamical model in order to investigate the regular or chaotic character of orbits in a barred galaxy with a central, spherically symmetric, dense nucleus and a flat disk. In particular, we explore how the total orbital…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-28 Euaggelos E. Zotos

The H\'{e}non-Heiles potential is undoubtedly one of the most simple, classical and characteristic Hamiltonian systems. The aim of this work is to reveal the influence of the value of the total orbital energy, which is the only parameter of…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2017-09-28 Euaggelos E. Zotos

An axially symmetric galactic gravitational model composed of a dense, massive and spherical nucleus with an additional dark matter halo component was used, to distinguish between the regular and chaotic character of orbits of stars that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-28 Euaggelos E. Zotos , Nicolaos D. Caranicolas

In the present article, we use an axially symmetric galactic gravitational model with a disk-halo and a spherical nucleus, in order to investigate the transition from regular to chaotic motion for stars moving in the meridian (r,z) plane.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 Euaggelos E. Zotos

We present a new dynamical model describing 3D motion in non axially symmetric galaxies. The model covers a wide range of galaxies from a disk system to an elliptical galaxy by suitably choosing the dynamical parameters. We study the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-02-18 Euaggelos E. Zotos , Nicolaos D. Caranicolas

The distinction between chaotic and regular behavior of orbits in galactic models is an important issue and can help our understanding of galactic dynamical evolution. In this paper, we deal with this issue by applying the techniques of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 T. Manos , E. Athanassoula

We apply the smaller alignment index (SALI) method for distinguishing between ordered and chaotic motion in some simple conservative dynamical systems. In particular we compute the SALI for ordered and chaotic orbits in a 2D and a 4D…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ch. Skokos , Ch. Antonopoulos , T. C. Bountis , M. N. Vrahatis

The chaotic or ordered character of orbits in galactic models is an important issue, since it can influence dynamical evolution. This distinction can be achieved with the help of the Smaller Alingment Index - (SALI). We describe here…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 T. Manos , E. Athanassoula

It is shown how the violation of the invariance of the $Z$-component of the orbital angular momentum $L_z$ in the axially symmetric potential of the Galaxy with a bar can serve as an indicator of the degree of orbital chaos of globular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-17 A. T. ~Bajkova , A. A. ~Smirnov , V. V. ~Bobylev

We investigate in detail the escape dynamics in an analytical gravitational model which describes the motion of stars in a quasar galaxy with a disk and a massive nucleus. We conduct a thorough numerical analysis distinguishing between…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-28 Euaggelos E. Zotos

The angular momentum of galaxies controls the kinematics of their stars, which in turn drives observable quantities such as the apparent radius, the bulge fraction, and the alignment with other nearby structures. To show how angular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-12 Corentin Cadiou , Andrew Pontzen , Hiranya V. Peiris
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