Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-08-30
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
14 pages, 11 figures
Scientific paper
10.1007/s10569-011-9378-7 10.100
We study the role of asymptotic curves in supporting the spiral structure of a N-body model simulating a barred spiral galaxy. Chaotic orbits with initial conditions on the unstable asymptotic curves of the main unstable periodic orbits follow the shape of the periodic orbits for an initial interval of time and then they are diffused outwards supporting the spiral structure of the galaxy. Chaotic orbits having small deviations from the unstable periodic orbits, stay close and along the corresponding unstable asymptotic manifolds, supporting the spiral structure for more than 10 rotations of the bar. Chaotic orbits of different Jacobi constants support different parts of the spiral structure. We also study the diffusion rate of chaotic orbits outwards and find that chaotic orbits that support the outer parts of the galaxy are diffused outwards more slowly than the orbits supporting the inner parts of the spiral structure.
Contopoulos George
Harsoula Mirella
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