Torus Construction

1999/06/10 by Monica Valluri, Valluri, Monica, David Merritt +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph #chao-dyn #nlin.CD

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9906176

11 Latex pages, 4 Postscript figures, uses paspconf.sty. To appear in ASP Conference Series, Vol. 182, Galaxy Dynamics, ed. D. Merritt, J. A. Sellwood and M. Valluri

arxiv created 1999/06/10 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

The maximally compact representation of a regular orbit is in terms of its action-angle variables. Computing the map between a trajectory's Cartesian coordinates and its action-angle variables is called torus construction. This article reviews various approaches to torus construction and their application to galactic dynamics.

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