Orbital dynamics in galactic potentials under mass transfer

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Hauptverfasser: Illés, Eduárd, Jánosi, Dániel, Kovács, Tamás
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author Illés, Eduárd
Jánosi, Dániel
Kovács, Tamás
author_facet Illés, Eduárd
Jánosi, Dániel
Kovács, Tamás
contents Time-dependent potentials are common in galactic systems that undergo significant evolution, interactions, or encounters with other galaxies, or when there are dynamic processes like star formation and merging events. Recent studies show that an ensemble approach along with the so-called snapshot framework in dynamical system theory provide a powerful tool to analyze time dependent dynamics. In this work, we aim to explore and quantify the phase space structure and dynamical complexity in time-dependent galactic potentials consisting of multiple components. We apply the classical method of Poincaré-surface of section to analyze the phase space structure in a chaotic Hamiltonian system subjected to parameter drift. This, however, makes sense only when the evolution of a large ensemble of initial conditions is followed. Numerical simulations explore the phase space structure of such ensembles while the system undergoes a continuous parameter change. The pair-wise average distance of ensemble members allows us to define a generalized Lyapunov-exponent, that might also be time dependent, to describe the system stability. We provide a comprehensive dynamical analysis of the system under circumstances where linear mass transfer occurs between the disk and bulge components of the model.
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spellingShingle Orbital dynamics in galactic potentials under mass transfer
Illés, Eduárd
Jánosi, Dániel
Kovács, Tamás
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Chaotic Dynamics
Time-dependent potentials are common in galactic systems that undergo significant evolution, interactions, or encounters with other galaxies, or when there are dynamic processes like star formation and merging events. Recent studies show that an ensemble approach along with the so-called snapshot framework in dynamical system theory provide a powerful tool to analyze time dependent dynamics. In this work, we aim to explore and quantify the phase space structure and dynamical complexity in time-dependent galactic potentials consisting of multiple components. We apply the classical method of Poincaré-surface of section to analyze the phase space structure in a chaotic Hamiltonian system subjected to parameter drift. This, however, makes sense only when the evolution of a large ensemble of initial conditions is followed. Numerical simulations explore the phase space structure of such ensembles while the system undergoes a continuous parameter change. The pair-wise average distance of ensemble members allows us to define a generalized Lyapunov-exponent, that might also be time dependent, to describe the system stability. We provide a comprehensive dynamical analysis of the system under circumstances where linear mass transfer occurs between the disk and bulge components of the model.
title Orbital dynamics in galactic potentials under mass transfer
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Chaotic Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.16367