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We analyze the stability of two charged conducting spheres orbiting each other. Due to charge polarization, the electrostatic force between the two spheres deviates significantly from $1/r^2$ as they come close to each other. As a…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-06-30 Shubho Banerjee , Bradford Taylor , Anand Banerjee

Diversity in the properties of exoplanetary systems arises, in part, from dynamical evolution that occurs after planet formation. We use numerical integrations to explore the relative role of secular and resonant dynamics in the long-term…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-23 Matthew M. Murphy , Philip J. Armitage

We study nonaxisymmetric perturbations of rotating relativistic stars. modeled as perfect-fluid equilibria. Instability to a mode with angular dependence $\exp(im\phi)$ sets in when the frequency of the mode vanishes. The locations of these…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 Nikolaos Stergioulas , John L. Friedman

Goal of the presented research is to construct simplified model of the core-halo structures in binary systems. Examples are provided by Thorne-Zytkov objects, hot Jupiters, protoplanets with large moons, red supergiants in binaries and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-02 A. Odrzywolek

We study the orbital stability of a non-zero mass, close-in circular orbit planet around an eccentric orbit binary for various initial values of the binary eccentricity, binary mass fraction, planet mass, planet semi--major axis, and planet…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-29 Cheng Chen , Stephen H. Lubow , Rebecca G. Martin

In this work we study the orbital stability/instability in the energy space of a specific family of periodic wave solutions of the general $\phi^{4n}$-model for all $n\in\mathbb{N}$. This family of periodic solutions are orbiting around the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-08-12 Gong Chen , José M. Palacios

We present a detailed analysis of the orbital stability of the HD 181433 planetary system, finding it to exhibit strong dynamical instability across a wide range of orbital eccentricities, semi-major axes, and mutual inclinations. We also…

The stability properties of relativistic stars against gravitational collapse to black hole is a classical problem in general relativity. A sufficient criterion for secular instability was established by Friedman, Ipser and Sorkin (1988),…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-08-22 Kentaro Takami , Luciano Rezzolla , Shin'ichirou Yoshida

We explore the long-term evolution of the anisotropy in the velocity space of star clusters starting with different structural and kinematical properties. We show that the evolution of the radial anisotropy strength and its radial variation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-12-09 Maria Tiongco , Enrico Vesperini , Anna Lisa Varri

We elaborate on a criterion for the emergence of instability in the fundamental mode recently observed by Cheung {\it et al.}, as a universal phenomenon in the context of black hole perturbations. Such instability is characterized by an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-20 Wei-Liang Qian , Guan-Ru Li , Ramin G. Daghigh , Stefan Randow , Rui-Hong Yue

We explore a series expansion method to calculate the modes of oscillations for a variety of uniformly rotating finite disks, either with or without a dark halo. Since all models have the same potential, this survey focuses on the role of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 P. Vauterin , H. Dejonghe

The rotation of asymmetric bodies in eccentric Keplerian orbits can be chaotic when there is some overlap of spin-orbit resonances. Here we show that the rotation of two coorbital bodies (two planets orbiting a star or two satellites of a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-14 Philippe Robutel , A. C. M. Correia , Adrien Leleu

In this paper we stabilize asymptotically the periodic orbits of the Rabinovich system.

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-06-23 Anania Gîrban

We examine the stability of a low-mass stellar system surrounding a massive central object. Examples of such systems include the centers of galaxies or star clusters containing a massive black hole, and the Oort comet cloud. If the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Scott Tremaine

We investigate the collective behaviour of particle orbits in the vicinity of magnetic reconnection in Earth's magneto-tail. Various regions of different kinds of orbital stability of particle motions are found. We locate regimes of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-08-01 Christoph Lhotka , Philippe Bourdin , Elke Pilat-Lohinger

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

Orbital evolution is a critical process that sculpts planetary systems, particularly during their early stages where planet-disk interactions are expected to lead to the formation of resonant chains. Despite the theoretically expected…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-06 Vighnesh Nagpal , Max Goldberg , Konstantin Batygin

The rotation period of some planet-hosting stars appears to be in close commensurability with the orbital period of their close-by planets. A model is proposed to interpret such a phenomenon based on the excitation of resonant oscillations…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-14 A. F. Lanza

Circumplanetary discs can be linearly unstable to the growth of disc tilt in the tidal potential of the star-planet system. We use three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations to characterize the disc conditions needed for instability,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-03 Rebecca G. Martin , Zhaohuan Zhu , Philip J. Armitage , Chao-Chin Yang , Hans Baehr

Ring galaxies are amazing objects exemplified by the famous case of the Hoag's Object. Here the mass of the central galaxy may be comparable to the mass of the ring, making it a difficult case to model mechanically. In a previous paper, it…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-08 Elena Yu. Bannikova