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We study periodic orbits in the spatial rotating Kepler problem from a symplectic-topological perspective. Our first main result provides a complete classification of these orbits via a natural parametrization of the space of Kepler orbits,…

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We prove the existence of real analytic Hamiltonians with topologically unstable quasi-periodic invariant tori. Using various versions of our examples, we solve the following problems in the stability theory of analytic quasi-periodic…

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We consider the undamped nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation driven by a periodic external force. Classes of travelling solitons and multisoliton complexes are obtained by the numerical continuation in the parameter space. Two previously known…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2011-07-05 I. V. Barashenkov , E. V. Zemlyanaya

We study the dynamical stability of stationary galactic spiral shocks. The steady-state equilibrium flow contains a shock of the type derived by Roberts in the tightly wound approximation. We find that boundary conditions are critical in…

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Characterizing existence or not of periodic orbit is a classical problem and it has both theoretical importance and many real applications. Here, several new criterions on nonexistence of periodic orbits of the planar dynamical system $\dot…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-03-03 Hebai Chen , Hao Yang , Rui Zhang , Xiang Zhang

In this work, we study the continuation of a periodic orbit on a relatively large scale and discover the existence of convergence under certain conditions, which has profound significance in research on asteroids and can provide a total…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-26 Haokun Kang , Yu Jiang , Hengnian Li

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We use geometric methods of equivariant dynamical systems to address a long-standing open problem in the theory of nematic liquid crystals, namely a proof of the existence and asymptotic stability of kayaking periodic orbits for which the…

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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…

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An analytical approximation to periodic orbits in the circular restricted three-body problem is provided. The formulation given in this work is based in calculations known from classical mechanics, but with the addition of the necessary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Erick Nagel , Barbara Pichardo

We will show that if a dynamical system has enough constants of motion then a Moser-Weinstein type theorem can be applied for proving the existence of periodic orbits in the case when the linearized system is degenerate.

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Petre Birtea , Mircea Puta , Razvan Micu Tudoran

The properties of motion close to the transition of a stable family of periodic orbits to complex instability is investigated with two symplectic 4D mappings, natural extensions of the standard mapping. As for the other types of…

chao-dyn · Physics 2008-02-03 Mercè Ollé , Daniel Pfenniger

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Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-09-30 Duokui Yan , Tiancheng Ouyang

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Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-06-04 Wojciech Zajączkowski , Ewa Zadrzyńska

We consider a cubic nonlinear wave equation on a network and show that inspecting the normal modes of the graph, we can immediately identify which ones extend into nonlinear periodic orbits. Two main classes of nonlinear periodic orbits…

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In this article, we prove nonlinear orbital stability for steadily translating vortex pairs, a family of nonlinear waves that are exact solutions of the incompressible, two-dimensional Euler equations. We use an adaptation of Kelvin's…

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A new generalized St\"ormer problem is proposed. The charged particles motion around a rotating axisymmetric magnetic planet is studied using various conditions mainly in planetary magnetospheres. It is shown that the existence of specific…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-25 Amina Leghmouche , Noureddine Mebarki

When superimposing the potentials of external fields on the Coulomb potential of the hydrogen atom a saddle point appears, which is called the Stark saddle point. For energies slightly above the saddle point energy one can find classical…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-01-21 Frank Schweiner , Jörg Main , Holger Cartarius , Günter Wunner

We investigate the stability and long-term behavior of spatially periodic plane waves in the complex Klein-Gordon equation under localized perturbations. Such perturbations render the wave neither localized nor periodic, placing its…

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