Stochasticity in galactic models

Atrio-Barandela, F.
Referencia bibliográfica

(IAU, European Regional Astronomy Meeting, 11th, La Laguna, Spain, July 3-8, 1989) Astrophysics and Space Science (ISSN 0004-640X), vol. 170, no. 1-2, Aug. 1990, p. 385-387.

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8
1990
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1
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Descripción
The effect of a spiral-like perturbation in the orbits of an axisymmetric galactic potential is studied using surfaces of section. It is found that the perturbation induces stochasticity and diffusion of orbits in phase space.