Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 2009
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American Physical Society, 2009 APS April Meeting, May 2-5, 2009, abstract #B13.005
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
The dynamics of stellar objects, considered as point test particles in a non-axis-symetric logarithmic galactic potential U(x,y),,[Rc^2+x^2+(y/b)^2] are studied, using a Leapfrog Integrator. This potential has been used in astrophysics for its versatility to mimic the main features of the galactic dynamics. This model, with b,,, reproduces the constant orbital velocity observed at the outskirts of spiral galaxies. In this example, the logarithmic potential appears to include the gravitational effects of both the visible and the dark matter lying in the galaxy. The ellipticity parameter 0<,,, generates a fluctuating torque that operates on the moving test particles of the galaxy and triggers the emergence of a non conventional set of families of orbits. It marks the difference between the usual inverse power law potentials considered in the textbooks and the logarithmic potential. We study these orbits, provide a physical analysis of their main properties and provide a simple numerical approach that reproduces most of the orbits associated with this potential, contains a study of the different families of orbits that belong to this potential and gives detailed study about the behavior of the torque and angular momentum as a functions of time and the angle associated.
Gómez Alfredo
Meza Andres
Zamorano Nelson
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