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Periodic motion of a star inside an elliptical galaxy with a variable mass

S.A. Gasanov

Moscow University Physics Bulletin 2009. 64. N 2. P. 195

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Periodic solutions are constructed to the problem of a star’s motion inside a layered inhomogeneous rotating elliptical galaxy with a variable mass using the Lyapunov and the small parameter methods. The stability of periodic solutions in the Lyapunov sense is studied.

PACS:
95.10.Ce Celestial mechanics
98.10.+z Stellar dynamics and kinematics
98.52.Eh Elliptical galaxies
Authors
S.A. Gasanov
Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Universitetskii pr. 13, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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