Chaos in Astronomy
Conference 2007
Editors: Contopoulos, G., Patsis, P. A. (Eds.)
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- All contributions are carefully edited and refereed
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- About this book
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The conference "Chaos in Astronomy" was held in Athens on 17-20 Sep 2007. International leaders in the field addressed the topics
- Chaos in large N-body systems and in galactic dynamics
- Chaos in solar system dynamics
- Statistical mechanics of systems with regular and chaotic orbits
- Chaos in the formation of large-scale structure in the Universe
- Fundamental concepts, methods and tools.
The book contains carefully edited refereed contributions. It serves as a reference to researchers and will give an overview to students and newcomers entering any field of dynamical astronomy.
- Table of contents (49 chapters)
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Ordered and Chaotic Orbits in Spiral Galaxies
Pages 1-20
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Order and Chaos in Spiral Galaxies Seen through their Morphology
Pages 23-32
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The flow through the arms of normal and barred-spiral galaxies
Pages 33-44
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Ansae in Barred Galaxies, Observations and Simulations
Pages 45-52
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Orbital Structure in Barred Galaxies and the Role of Chaos
Pages 53-61
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Table of contents (49 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Chaos in Astronomy
- Book Subtitle
- Conference 2007
- Editors
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- G. Contopoulos
- P. A. Patsis
- Series Title
- Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
- Copyright
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-540-75826-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-540-75826-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-540-75825-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-642-09498-9
- Series ISSN
- 1570-6591
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXIV, 497
- Number of Illustrations
- 189 b/w illustrations
- Topics
