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Dynamical Chaos in Planetary Systems

  • First book dedicated entirely to problems of stability and chaotic behaviour in planetary systems
  • Treats the Solar system and exoplanetary dynamics in a unified framework
  • Provides a description of most modern analytical and numerical techniques for studies of chaotic phenomena in planetary systems

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 463)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Origins and Manifestations of Dynamical Chaos

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Chaotic Behaviour

      • Ivan I. Shevchenko
      Pages 3-34
    3. Numerical Tools for Studies of Dynamical Chaos

      • Ivan I. Shevchenko
      Pages 35-51
    4. Lyapunov Timescales

      • Ivan I. Shevchenko
      Pages 53-76
    5. Diffusion Timescales

      • Ivan I. Shevchenko
      Pages 77-94
    6. Extents of Chaotic Domains

      • Ivan I. Shevchenko
      Pages 95-117
  3. Resonances and Chaos in the Solar System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
    2. Defying the Orrery Paradigm: Historical Background

      • Ivan I. Shevchenko
      Pages 121-124
    3. Rotational Dynamics

      • Ivan I. Shevchenko
      Pages 125-146
    4. Orbital Dynamics of Minor Bodies

      • Ivan I. Shevchenko
      Pages 147-208
    5. Orbital Dynamics of Planets

      • Ivan I. Shevchenko
      Pages 209-215
  4. Dynamics of Exoplanets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
    2. Exoplanets: An Overview

      • Ivan I. Shevchenko
      Pages 219-233
    3. Effects of Chaotic Clearing in Planetary Systems

      • Ivan I. Shevchenko
      Pages 273-289
    4. Multiplanet Systems of Single Stars

      • Ivan I. Shevchenko
      Pages 291-303
    5. Planetary Systems of Multiple Stars

      • Ivan I. Shevchenko
      Pages 305-324
    6. The Lidov–Kozai Effect: Chaotic Implications

      • Ivan I. Shevchenko
      Pages 325-331
    7. Epilogue

      • Ivan I. Shevchenko
      Pages 333-334

About this book

This is the first monograph dedicated entirely to problems of stability and chaotic behaviour in planetary systems and its subsystems. The author explores the three rapidly developing interplaying fields of resonant and chaotic dynamics of Hamiltonian systems, the dynamics of Solar system bodies, and the dynamics of exoplanetary systems. The necessary concepts, methods and tools used to study dynamical chaos (such as symplectic maps, Lyapunov exponents and timescales, chaotic diffusion rates, stability diagrams and charts) are described and then used to show in detail how the observed dynamical architectures arise in the Solar system (and its subsystems) and in exoplanetary systems. The book concentrates, in particular, on chaotic diffusion and clearing effects. The potential readership of this book includes scientists and students working in astrophysics, planetary science, celestial mechanics, and nonlinear dynamics.


          

Reviews

“Shevchenko’s book is a remarkably thorough and timely overview of the subject, suitable for any researcher in the field but ideally one with an appropriate background in Hamiltonian dynamics. ... This is an area where chaos as a tool becomes less descriptive and more diagnostic — the true sign of a subject reaching maturity; this book is a chronicle of that journey.” (Carl Murray, The Observatory, Vol. 141 (1282), June, 2021)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Pulkovo Observatory, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

    Ivan I. Shevchenko

About the author

Ivan I. Shevchenko is Professor at Saint Petersburg State University and Head of the Department of Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy at Pulkovo Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia. He is author of the book "The Lidov-Kozai Effect - Applications in Exoplanet Research and Dynamical Astronomy", Springer (2017).

       

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eBook USD 149.00
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Softcover Book USD 199.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 199.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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