We investigate an analytical treatment of bifurcations of families of resonant 'thin' tubes in axisymmetric galactic potentials. We verify that the most relevant bifurcations are due to the (1:1) resonance producing the 'inclined' orbits through two different mechanisms: from the disc orbit and from the 'thin' tube associated with the vertical oscillation. The closest resonances occurring after these are the (4:3) resonance in the oblate case and the (2:1) resonance in the prolate case. The (1:1) resonances are treated in a straightforward way using a second-order truncated normal form. The higher order resonances are instead cumbersome to investigate, because the normal form has to be truncated to a high degree and the number of terms grows very rapidly. We therefore adopt a further simplification giving analytical formulae for the values of the parameters at which bifurcations ensue and compare them with selected numerical results. Thanks to the asymptotic nature of the series involved, the predictions are reliable well beyond the convergence radius of the original series. © 2009 RAS.

Pucacco, G. (2009). Resonances and bifurcations in axisymmetric scale-free potentials. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 399(1), 340-348 [10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15284.x].

Resonances and bifurcations in axisymmetric scale-free potentials

PUCACCO, GIUSEPPE
2009-01-01

Abstract

We investigate an analytical treatment of bifurcations of families of resonant 'thin' tubes in axisymmetric galactic potentials. We verify that the most relevant bifurcations are due to the (1:1) resonance producing the 'inclined' orbits through two different mechanisms: from the disc orbit and from the 'thin' tube associated with the vertical oscillation. The closest resonances occurring after these are the (4:3) resonance in the oblate case and the (2:1) resonance in the prolate case. The (1:1) resonances are treated in a straightforward way using a second-order truncated normal form. The higher order resonances are instead cumbersome to investigate, because the normal form has to be truncated to a high degree and the number of terms grows very rapidly. We therefore adopt a further simplification giving analytical formulae for the values of the parameters at which bifurcations ensue and compare them with selected numerical results. Thanks to the asymptotic nature of the series involved, the predictions are reliable well beyond the convergence radius of the original series. © 2009 RAS.
2009
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Sì, ma tipo non specificato
Settore FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA
English
Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Methods: analytical
Pucacco, G. (2009). Resonances and bifurcations in axisymmetric scale-free potentials. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 399(1), 340-348 [10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15284.x].
Pucacco, G
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