2 papers
astro-ph1994
Short times characterisations of stochasticity in nonintegrable galactic potentials
Henry E. Kandrup, M. Elaine Mahon
This paper proposes an alternative characterisation of the degree of stochasticity exhibited by orbits in a fixed galactic potential. This differs from earlier work involving Liapo…
astro-ph1994
Chaos and Noise in Galactic Potentials
Salman Habib, Henry E. Kandrup, M. Elaine Mahon
ABBREVIATED ABSTRACT: This paper summarises an investigation of the effects of weak friction and noise in time-independent, nonintegrable potentials which admit both regular and st…