Overview

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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Author:   Daniel Benest ,  Claude Froeschle
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
Volume:   590
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783642078446

ISBN 10:   3642078443
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   30 November 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Singularities, Collisions and Regularization Theory.- The Levi-Civita, KS and Radial-Inversion Regularizing Transformations.- The Birkhoff and B 3 Regularizing Transformations.- Perturbative Methods in Regularization Theory.- Collisions and Singularities in the n-body Problem.- Triple Collision and Close Triple Encounters.- Dynamical and Kinetic Aspects of Collisions.- Chaotic Scattering in Planetary Rings.- Close Encounters in Öpik’s Theory.- Generalized Averaging Principle and Proper Elements for NEAs.

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[!] The book contains many interesting and attractive topics for a wide audience, and reaches the high standards of the previous works of the editors. (Antonio Elipe, Celestial Mechanics -- An International Journal of Space Dynamics 2004, vol. 89, page 97-98)

[...] The book contains many interesting and attractive topics for a wide audience, and reaches the high standards of the previous works of the editors. (Antonio Elipe, Celestial Mechanics - An International Journal of Space Dynamics 2004, vol. 89, page 97-98)

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