2 papers
astro-ph1999
Torus Construction
Monica Valluri, David Merritt
The maximally compact representation of a regular orbit is in terms of its action-angle variables. Computing the map between a trajectory's Cartesian coordinates and its action-ang…
astro-ph1999
Dynamical Evolution of Bulge Shapes
Monica Valluri
Figure rotation substantially increases the fraction of stochastic orbits in triaxial systems. This increase is most dramatic in systems with shallow cusps showing that it is not a…