Regular and chaotic dynamics of a fountain in a stratified fluid

In the present paper, we study by direct numerical simulation (DNS) and theoretical analysis, the dynamics of a fountain penetrating a pycnocline (a sharp density interface) in a density-stratified fluid. A circular, laminar jet flow of neutral buoyancy is considered, which propagates vertically upwards towards the pycnocline level, penetrates a distance into the layer of lighter fluid, and further stagnates and flows down under gravity around the up-flowing core thus creating a fountain. The DNS results show that if the Froude number (Fr) is small enough, the fountain top remains axisymmetric and steady. However, if Fr is increased, the fountain top becomes unsteady and oscillates in a circular flapping (CF) mode, whereby it retains its shape and moves periodically around the jet central axis. If Fr is increased further, the fountain top rises and collapses chaotically in a bobbing oscillation mode (or B-mode). The development of these two modes is accompanied by the generation of different patterns of internal waves (IW) in the pycnocline. The CF-mode generates spiral internal waves, whereas the B-mode generates IW packets with a complex spatial distribution. The dependence of the amplitude of the fountain-top oscillations on Fr is well described by a Landau-type two-mode-competition model.     

On the geometry of motions in one integrable problem of the rigid body dynamics

Due to Poinsot’s theorem, the motion of a rigid body about a fixed point is represented as rolling without slipping of the moving hodograph of the angular velocity over the fixed one. If the moving hodograph is a closed curve, visualization of motion is obtained by the method of P.V. Kharlamov. For an arbitrary motion in an integrable problem with an axially symmetric force field the moving hodograph densely fills some two-dimensional surface and the fixed one fills a three-dimensional surface. In this paper, we consider the irreducible integrable case in which both hodographs are two-frequency curves. We obtain the equations of bearing surfaces, illustrate the main types of these surfaces. We propose a method of the so-called non-straight geometric interpretation representing the motion of a body as a superposition of two periodic motions.     

Regular and chaotic dynamics of a neutral atom in a magnetic trap

In the framework of the nonlinear mechanics, we study the dynamics of a neutral atom confined in a magnetic quadrupolar trap. Owing to the axial symmetry of the system, the z-component of the angular momentum p _φ is an integral of motion and, in cylindrical coordinates, the dynamics of the atom is modeled by a two-degree of freedom Hamiltonian. The structure and evolution of the phase space as a function of the energy is explored extensively by means of numerical techniques of continuation of families of periodic orbits and Poincaré surfaces of section.     

Regular and chaotic orbits in the dynamics of exoplanets

Many of exoplanetary systems consist of more than one planet and the study of planetary orbits with respect to their long-term stability is very interesting. Furthermore, many exoplanets seem to be locked in a mean-motion resonance (MMR), which offers a phase protection mechanism, so that, even highly eccentric planets can avoid close encounters. However, the present estimation of their initial conditions, which may change significantly after obtaining additional observational data in the future, locate most of the systems in chaotic regions and consequently, they are destabilized. Hence, dynamical analysis is imperative for the derivation of proper planetary orbital elements. We utilize the model of spatial general three body problem, in order to simulate such resonant systems through the computation of families periodic orbits. In this way, we can figure out regions in phase space, where the planets in resonances should be ideally hosted in favour of long-term stability and therefore, survival. In this review, we summarize our methodology and showcase the fact that stable resonant planetary systems evolve being exactly centered at stable periodic orbits. We apply this process to co-orbital motion and systems HD 82943, HD 73526, HD 128311, HD 60532, HD 45364 and HD 108874.     

脉冲式棘齿势场作用下囚禁离子的规则与混沌运动

考虑赝势近似下囚禁于Paul阱中的单离子与由脉冲式双激光驻波构成的棘齿势场的相互作用.应用积分方程方法得到系统的经典运动精确解，通过数值方法作出相空间轨道并计算由平均速度定义的流，结合分析与数值结果研究囚禁离子的规则与混沌运动特性.与单驻波型激光脉冲情形相比，发现两个重要的棘齿效应：一是脉冲式棘齿势场的作用导致参数空间混沌区域的改变，从而适当调节第二驻波参数，可使离子的规则运动变为混沌运动，或者混沌运动变为规则运动；二是通过分析平均流随激光参数的变化，发现棘齿势场的介入能使囚禁离子作平均意义下的单向输运，随着势场强度增加到混沌区域，流的强度明显减小并改变方向，系统进入混沌运动. 关键词： 脉冲式棘齿势 囚禁离子 混沌 输运     

激光脉冲作用下囚禁离子的规则与混沌运动

研究驻波型激光脉冲作用下，失谐量足够大时，囚禁于Paul阱中的单离子系统的久期运动.通过分析和数值计算相结合的方法，导出系统的精确解及其描述的时间演化性质，得到系统的规则和混沌运动轨道以及阱频很小时系统进入整体混沌的临界条件,并提出了控制系统共振失稳的方法. 关键词： 激光脉冲 囚禁离子 规则与混沌运动 精确解 稳定性     

Regular and chaotic quantum dynamics in atom-diatom reactive collisions

A new microirreversible 3D theory of quantum multichannel scattering in the three-body system is developed. The quantum approach is constructed on the generating trajectory tubes which allow taking into account influence of classical nonintegrability of the dynamical quantum system. When the volume of classical chaos in phase space is larger than the quantum cell in the corresponding quantum system, quantum chaos is generated. The probability of quantum transitions is constructed for this case. The collinear collision of the Li + (FH) → (LiF) + H system is used for numerical illustration of a system generating quantum (wave) chaos. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Regular and chaotic dynamics of a chain of magnetic dipoles with moments of inertia

The nonlinear dynamic modes of a chain of coupled spherical bodies having dipole magnetic moments that are excited by a homogeneous ac magnetic field are studied using numerical analysis. Bifurcation diagrams are constructed and used to find conditions for the presence of several types of regular, chaotic, and quasi-periodic oscillations. The effect of the coupling of dipoles on the excited dynamics of the system is revealed. The specific features of the Poincaré time sections are considered for the cases of synchronous chaos with antiphase synchronization and asynchronous chaos. The spectrum of Lyapunov exponents is calculated for the dynamic modes of an individual dipole.     

Regular and chaotic dynamics of the dipole moment of square dipole arrays

Dipole lattices, which represent square dipole arrays, are investigated. Various types of equilibrium configurations of arrays are obtained, and conditions are shown under which these configurations are established. On the basis of parametric bifurcation diagrams, the main types of regular and chaotic oscillation regimes of the total dipole moment of a system are considered and their dependence on the amplitude, frequency, and polarization of an alternating field, as well as on the initial equilibrium configuration of arrays, is analyzed. Scenarios of the onset of chaotic regimes are demonstrated, including those that occur via the establishment and variation of quasiperiodic oscillations of the dipole moment of a system. The dynamic bistability state is revealed in which a stochastic resonance—an increase in the response of a system to a harmonic signal in the presence of noise—can be implemented.     

Bi-Hamiltonian structure and invariant endomorphism for rigid body dynamics

A mixed tensor field, with vanishing Nijenhuis tensor and doubly degenerate eigenvalues, invariant for Lagrange-Poisson gyroscope dynamics is constructed.     

Integrable cases of a rigid body dynamics and integrable systems on the ellipsoids

Infinite-dimensional sets of integrable cases are found for the equations of a rigid body rotation around a fixed point in an axially symmetric potential field and also in more complicated fields in the presence of some symmetry of the rigid body inertia tensor.     

Integrable and chaotic motions of four vortices

Conclusive numerical evidence of chaos in the four-vortex problem is presented using the method of Poincaré sections. The problem is formally reduced to a two degrees of freedom hamiltonian. The advection of a passive marker by three vortices displays chaos.     

A relativistic generalisation of rigid motions

A weaker substitute for the too restrictive class of Born-rigid motions is proposed, which we call radar-holonomic motions. The definition is expressed as a set of differential equations. Integrability conditions and Cauchy problem are studied. We finally obtain an example of a radar-holonomic congruence containing a given worldline with a given value of the rotation on this line.     

Regular and chaotic motion of coupled rotators

We consider a classical Hamiltonian H = L_z+M_z+L_xM_x, where the components of L and M satisfy Poisson brackets similar to those of angular momenta. There are three constants of motion: H, L² and M². By studying Poincaré surfaces of section, we find that the motion is regular when L² or M² is very small or very large. It is chaotic when both L² and M² have intermediate values. The interest of this model lies in its quantization, which involves finite matrices only.     

Experiments on periodic and chaotic motions of a parametrically forced pendulum

An experimental study of periodic and chaotic type aperiodic motions of a parametrically harmonically excited pendulum is presented. It is shown that a characteristic route to chaos is the period-doubling cascade, which for the parametrically excited pendulum occurs with increasing driving amplitude and decreasing damping force, respectively. The coexistence of different periodic solutions as well as periodic and chaotic solutions is demonstrated and various transitions between them are studied. The pendulum is found to exhibit a transient chaotic behaviour in a wide range of driving force amplitudes. The transition from metastable chaos to sustained chaotic behaviour is investigated.     

Coisotropic quasi-periodic motions for a constrained system of rigid bodies

Abstract

We consider a constrained system of four rigid bodies located in axisymmetric potential and gyroscopic force fields and interacting by means of angular velocities. We describe an integrable case (not in Liouville sence!) when 12-dimensional phase space of the above system is fibered by the coisotropic invariant tori, the majority of which carry quasi-periodic motions with 7 independent frequences.     

Regular and chaotic transport of impurities in steady flows

This paper considers the properties of the transport of impurity particles in steady fluid flows and describes the principal modes of particle motion. An impurity consisting of particles with a lower density than that of the medium is localized at stationary points of the flow, whereas a heavy impurity can perform a spatially unbounded motion. The conditions for the transition from the bounded motion of a heavy impurity to the long-range transport mode, which occurs as a result of a loss of the stability of the heteroclinic trajectory, are obtained for a model two-dimensional flow having an eddy-cell structure. A mode is found in which a particle, after being transported over a long distance, is trapped forever within the confines of one cell. The transition from regular to chaotic particle transport is analyzed. The question of the effect of a small noise (for example, molecular diffusion) on the character of the motion of a heavy impurity is investigated. It is shown that this effect is important at high viscosity and leads to a transition from bounded motion of the impurity particle to diffusion-type chaotic motion. (c) 1994 American Institute of Physics.