Topics in Gravitational Dynamics Solar, Extra-Solar and Galactic Systems /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Benest, Daniel (Editor), Froeschle, Claude (Editor), Lega, Elena (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 729
• Subjects: Physics.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

This set of lectures collects surveys of open problems in celestial dynamics and dynamical astronomy applied to solar, extra-solar and galactic systems. Emphasis is on questions of stability of planetary systems. In particular the discovery and thus the possibility to study many new extra-solar plan...

Table of Contents:

• An Overview on the Nekhoroshev Theorem
• Diffusion in Hamiltonian Quasi-Integrable Systems
• Weakly Dissipative Systems in Celestial Mechanics
• Connectance and Stability of Dynamical Systems
• Chaotic Di?usion of Asteroids
• An Overview of the Rotations of Planets in the Solar System
• On the Stability of Extra-Solar Planetary Systems
• Origin Theories for the Eccentricities of Extrasolar Planets
• Methods for the Study of the Dynamics of the Oort Cloud Comets I: Modelling the Stellar Perturbations
• Methods for the Study of the Dynamics of the Oort Cloud Comets II: Modelling the Galactic Tide
• Special Features of Galactic Dynamics
• On the Diffculty to Foresee Solar Cycles: A Non-Deterministic Approach.