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Singularities in Gravitational Systems: Applications to Chaotic Transport in the Solar System

By Daniel Benest , Alessandra Celletti (auth.) , Claude Froeschlé (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2002
ISBN
978-3-540-43765-9, 978-3-540-48009-9, 3-540-43765-7
DOI
10.1007/3-540-48009-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3851056 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics 590
Edition
1
Pages
216\225
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
Extraterrestrial PhysicsSpace Sciences; Complexity; Astronomy; Math. Appli

Description

Chaos theory plays an important role in modern physics and related sciences, but -, the most important results so far have been obtained in the study of gravitational systems applied to celestial mechanics. The present set of lectures introduces the mathematical methods used in the theory of singularities in gravitational systems, reviews modeling techniques for the simulation of close encounters and presents the state of the art about the study of diffusion of comets, wandering asteroids, meteors and planetary ring particles. The book will be of use to researchers and graduate students alike.

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