Nonlinear Dynamics in Astronomy and Physics
In Memory of Henry Kandrup, Volume 1045
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
This volume, the proceedings of the 16th Florida Workshop in
Nonlinear Astronomy and Physics, emphasizes the cross-disciplinary
nature of much current research in astronomy and physics in the
area of dynamics. Developments in one field can advance more
quickly when information is available regarding parallel
developments in other fields. This occurs not only by the exchange
of methods and techniques, but also from conceptual refinements
resulting from different perspectives on similar problems.
Contributors to this volume include theorists and
experimentalists from the fields of nonlinear dynamics,
mathematics, galactic dynamics and structure, dark matter, plasma
physics, accelerator beams, and statistical mechanics. Dynamical
problems on all astrophysical scales are discussed from those of
the sun and the solar system to cosmology.
This is a particularly appropriate time to look at this subject
because observations have provided compelling evidence that many
galaxies are genuinely three-dimensional; that is, they are neither
spherical nor axisymmetric, they typically have a central density
cusp, and the center of the galaxy often contains a super massive
black hole. Furthermore, the Hubble Space Telescope has produced
exciting data about the spatial and temporal structure of
cosmological space-time and especially about the epoch of galaxy
formation.
The meeting and the volume are dedicated to the memory of
Professor Henry E. Kandrup, whose work was centered on stochastic
problems in stellar dynamics.
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1. In Memory of Henry Emil Kandrup. (James R. Ipser).
2. Henry Kandrup's Ideas About Relaxation of Stellar Systems.
(David Merritt).
3. Chaotic Collisionless Evolution in Galaxies and
Charged-Particle Beams. (Henry E. Kandrup, Courtlandt L. Bohn, Rami
A. Kishek, Patrick G. O'shea, Martin Reiser, and Ioannis V.
Sideris).
4. Chaotic Dynamics in Charged-Particle Beams: Possible Analogs
of Galactic Evolution. (Courtlandt L. Bohn).
5. The University of Maryland Electron Ring: A Platform For
Study of Galactic Dynamics on a Laboratory Scale. (R A. Kishek, P
G. O'shea, S Bernal, I Haber, J R. Harris, Y Huo, H Li, and M
Reiser).
6. Wavelet-Based Poisson Solver for Use in Particle-in-Cell
Simulations. (Balsa Terzic and Ilya V. Pogorelov).
7. Energy Trapping in Loaded String Models with Long- and
Short-Range Couplings. (Ilya V. Pogorelov and Henry E.
Kandrup).
8. Characterization of Chaos: A New, Fast, and Effective
Measure. (Ioannis V. Sideris).
9. Hard Sphere Dynamics for Normal and Granular Fluids. (James
W. Dufty and Aparna Baskaran).
10. Nonlinear Stability of Newtonian Galaxies and Stars from a
Mathematical Perspective. (Gerhard Rein).
11. Chaos in Orbits Due to Disk Crossings. (C Hunter).
12. Systems with Escapes. (G Contopoulos and M Harsoula).
13. On Bars and Haloes: Their Interaction and Their Orbital
Structure. (E Athanassoula).
14. The Basic Dynamical Mechanism in Spiral Galaxies. (Daniel
Pfenniger and Yves Revaz).
15. The Two Pattern Speeds of NGC 335. (Veera Boonyasait, P A
Patsis, and S T Gottesman).
16. Evolution of Binary Supermassive Black Holes via Chain
Regularization. (Andras Szell, David Merritt, and Seppo
Mikkola).
17. Gravitomagnetic Field and Penrose Scattering Processes.
(Reva Kay Williams).
18. Self-Gravity Driven Instabilities at Accelerated Interfaces.
(Robert M. Hueckstaedt, James H. Hunter, Jr., and Richard V.E.
Lovelace).
19. Dynamics of Intracluster Gas and Bulk Motions in Clusters.
(Renato Dupke).
20. Resonance Bands and Binary-Star Formation. (Norman R.
Lebovitz).
21. The Symplectic Group and Classical Mechanics. (Alex J.
Dragt).
22. Chaos and Quantum Mechanics. (Salman Habib, Tanmoy
Bhattacharya, Benjamin Greenbaum, Kurt Jacobs, Kosuke Shizume, and
Bala Sundaram).
Afterword. (Chris Hunter).
aindex of Contributors.
