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The Role of Chaos in Barred Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

G. Contopoulos  and
N. Voglis
G. Contopoulos
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Athens Panepistimiopolis, GR-157 84 Athens, Greece
N. Voglis
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Athens Panepistimiopolis, GR-157 84 Athens, Greece

Abstract

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Ordered orbits in barred galaxies appear along the bar and between the −4/1 and −2/1 resonances of the outer spiral. Chaotic orbits appear mainly near corotation. Such orbits support the bar and the spiral for long times and they are important for self-consistency. There are three main mechanisms for transition from order to chaos: (a) infinite bifurcations, (b) infinite gaps, and (c) infinite spirals. The Lyapunov characteristic number is zero for ordered orbits and positive for chaotic orbits. But much more information is provided by the distribution of the stretching numbers (one-period Lyapunov characteristic numbers). The spectrum of stretching numbers is invariant with respect to initial conditions in a connected chaotic domain. We provide examples of such spectra for 2-D maps, plane galactic orbits, 2-D dissipative systems, 3-D systems (represented by 4-D maps), and systems depending periodically on the time.

Type
Part VI. Theory of Barred Galaxies II.
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 157: Barred Galaxies , 1996 , pp. 321 - 338
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1996

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