TRANSPORT IN DYNAMICAL ASTRONOMY AND MULTIBODY PROBLEMS

Michael Dellnitz, Oliver Junge, Wang Sang Koon, Francois Lekien, Martin W. Lo, Jerrold E. Marsden, Kathrin Padberg, Robert Preis, Shane D. Ross, Bianca Thiere

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Abstract

We combine the techniques of almost invariant sets (using tree structured box elimination and graph partitioning algorithms) with invariant manifold and lobe dynamics techniques. The result is a new computational technique for computing key dynamical features, including almost invariant sets, resonance regions as well as transport rates and bottlenecks between regions in dynamical systems. This methodology can be applied to a variety of multibody problems, including those in molecular modeling, chemical reaction rates and dynamical astronomy. In this paper we focus on problems in dynamical astronomy to illustrate the power of the combination of these different numerical tools and their applicability. In particular, we compute transport rates between two resonance regions for the three-body system consisting of the Sun, Jupiter and a third body (such as an asteroid). These resonance regions are appropriate for certain comets and asteroids.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationModeling and Computations in Dynamical Systems
Subtitle of host publicationIn Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of John von Neumann
PublisherWorld Scientific Publishing Co.
Pages3-31
Number of pages29
ISBN (Electronic)9789812774569
ISBN (Print)9812565965
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Three-body problem
  • almost invariant sets
  • dynamical systems
  • graph partitioning
  • invariant manifolds
  • lobe dynamics
  • set-oriented methods
  • transport rates

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