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We explore the escape dynamics in open Hamiltonian systems with multiple channels of escape continuing the work initiated in Part I. A thorough numerical investigation is conducted distinguishing between trapped (ordered and chaotic) and…

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A computational procedure that allows the detection of a new type of high-dimensional chaotic saddle in Hamiltonian systems with three degrees of freedom is presented. The chaotic saddle is associated with a so-called normally hyperbolic…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 H. Waalkens , A. Burbanks , S. Wiggins

In this paper we use the two-dimensional (2D) version of a new analytical gravitational model in order to explore the orbital as well as the escape dynamics of the stars in a barred galaxy composed of a spherically symmetric central…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-04-13 Christof Jung , Euaggelos E. Zotos

The orbital dynamics of a spacecraft, or a comet, or an asteroid in the Earth-Moon system in a scattering region around the Moon using the three dimensional version of the circular restricted three-body problem is numerically investigated.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-28 Euaggelos E. Zotos

This work deals with planar dynamical systems with and without noise. In the first part, we seek to gain a refined understanding of such systems by studying their differential-geometric transformation properties under an arbitrary smooth…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Tiemo Pedergnana , Nicolas Noiray

We study the secular gravitational dynamics of quadruple systems consisting of a hierarchical triple system orbited by a fourth body. These systems can be decomposed into three binary systems with increasing semimajor axes, binaries A, B…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-10 Adrian S. Hamers , Hagai B. Perets , Fabio Antonini , Simon F. Portegies Zwart

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 consider the planar circular equilateral restricted four body-problem where a test particle of infinitesimal mass is moving under the gravitational attraction of three primary bodies which move on circular orbits around their common…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-28 Euaggelos E. Zotos

Hamiltonian theory of hybrid quantum-classical systems is used to study dynamics of the classical subsystem coupled to different types of quantum systems. It is shown that the qualitative properties of orbits of the classical subsystem…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 N. Buric , D. B. Popovic , M. Radonjic , S. Prvanovic

The escape dynamics in an analytical gravitational model which describes the motion of stars in a binary system of interacting dwarf spheroidal galaxies is investigated in detail. We conduct a numerical analysis distinguishing between…

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

In the helium case of the classical Coulomb three-body problem in two dimensions with zero angular momentum, we develop a procedure to find periodic orbits applying two symbolic dynamics for one-dimensional and planar problems. A sequence…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2008-06-17 Mitsusada M. Sano , Kiyotaka Tanikawa

The character of motion for the three-dimensional circular restricted three-body problem with oblate primaries is investigated. The orbits of the test particle are classified into four types: non-escaping regular orbits around the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2019-04-09 Euaggelos E. Zotos , Jan Nagler

H${\acute{e}}$non [8] used an inclined billiard to investigate aspects of chaotic scattering which occur in satellite encounters and in other situations. His model consisted of a piecewise mapping which described the motion of a point…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-26 Alan Roy , Nikolaos Georgakarakos

The dynamics of systems of two and three planets, initially placed on circular and nearly coplanar orbits, is explored in the proximity of their stability limit. The evolution of a large number of systems is numerically computed and their…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 F. Marzari

We use the Smaller Alignment Index (SALI) to distinguish rapidly and with certainty between ordered and chaotic motion in Hamiltonian flows. This distinction is based on the different behavior of the SALI for the two cases: the index…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2008-11-26 Ch Skokos , Ch Antonopoulos , T C Bountis , M N Vrahatis

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 consider the planar Hill's lunar problem with a homogeneous gravitational potential. The investigation of the system is twofold. First, the starting conditions of the trajectories are classified into three classes, that is bounded,…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2022-05-17 Yanxia Deng , Slim Ibrahim , Euaggelos E. Zotos

In this work we perform a numerical exploration of the families of planar periodic orbits in the Hill's approximation in the restricted four body problem, that is, after a symplectic scaling, two massive bodies are sent to infinity, by mean…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-10-19 Jaime Burgos-Garcia

The dynamical evolution of barred galaxies depends crucially on the fraction and their spacial distribution of chaotic orbits in them. In order to distinguish between the two kinds of orbits, we use the Smaller Alignment Index (SALI)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Manos , E. Athanassoula