Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009cemda.104....3c&link_type=abstract
Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Volume 104, Issue 1-2, pp. 3-21
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Density Wave Theory, Spiral Galaxies, Non-Linear Effects, Barred Galaxies, Velocities, Long-Time Evolution, Spiral Density Waves, Sticky Chaotic Orbits
Scientific paper
Spiral galaxies contain both ordered and chaotic orbits. In normal spirals the perturbations are weak (of order 2-10%) and most orbits are ordered. The density wave theory refers mainly to linear perturbations. Nonlinear effects appear in the outer parts of the open spirals (S_b, S_c) and produce the termination of these spirals near the 4/1 resonance. On the other hand in barred spirals the perturbations are relatively strong (of order 100%). Then the outer spirals and the envelope of the bar are composed mainly of chaotic orbits, while the main body of the bar is composed of ordered orbits. The chaotic orbits of the spiral arms of strong barred galaxies are sticky, i.e. they do not escape from the galaxy for at least a Hubble time. The forms of these spirals are delineated by the unstable manifolds of the unstable periodic orbits L_1, L_2 near the ends of the bar and of other unstable periodic orbits inside and outside corotation.
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