| Description |
xi, 155 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 0077-8923 ; v. 497
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| Note |
"The papers in this volume were presented at a workshop entitled Chaotic phenomena in astrophysics, which was held at the University of Florida at Gainesville, on October 9-10, 1986 ... [and] constituted the proceedings of the Second Florida Workshop in Nonlinear Astronomy"--P. v. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Jean-Robert Buchler and Heinrich Eichhorn -- Stochasticity in glactic models / G. Contopoulos -- Galactic models in moderate stochasticity / Martin Schwarzschild -- The quadratic Zeeman effect in moderately strong magnetic fields / Shannon L. Coffey ... [et al.] -- Chaotic behavior in variable stars / J. Robert Buchler -- Chaos and the solar cycle / E.A. Spiegel and Alan Wolf -- Starnge accumulators / L.A. Smith and E.A. Spiegel -- On the origin of large-scale cosmological structure / J.N. Fry -- Stability of an area-preserving mapping / James H. Bartlett -- Resonances fill stochastic phase-space / J.D. Mess -- Hamiltonian and dissipative chaos / George Schmidt -- The breakdown of KAM trajectories / D. Bensimon and L.P. Kadanoff -- Fractal basin boundaries with unique dimension / Celso Grebogi ... [et al.] -- Applications of the semiclassical spectral method to nuclear, atomic, molecular, and polymeric dynamics / M.L. Koszykowski, G.A. Pfeffer, and D.W. Noid -- Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in the interstellar medium / James H. hunter, Jr. and Rodney W. Whitaker. |
| Subject(s) |
Chaotic behavior in systems -- Congresses.
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Astrophysics -- Congresses.
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| Alternate Author |
Buchler, J. R. (J. Robert)
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Eichhorn, Heinrich K. (Heinrich Karl), 1927-
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Florida Workshop in Nonlinear Astronomy (2nd : 1986 : University of Florida)
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