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We study ordered and chaotic orbits in barred galaxies. Both types of orbits are important in constructing self-consistent models. We have developed two new criteria for characterizing ordered and chaotic orbits, the stretching numbers (or short-time Lyapunov characteristic numbers) and the helicity angles (the angles between the current deviations from a given orbit and a fixed direction). The distributions of successive stretching numbers and helicity angles are the spectra of an orbit. These are invariant with respect to initial conditions in a chaotic domain. The helicity angles give the fastest method up to now for separating ordered and chaotic orbits. They are more efficient than rotation angles, which cannot always be defined. A comparison of our method with Laskar's frequency analysis method is made. In 3-D systems we define one spectrum for stretching numbers and three spectra for helicity angles. A clear distinction between Arnold diffusion and resonance overlap diffusion is made.
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Contopoulos, G., Voglis, N., Efthymiopoulos, C. (1996). Orbits in barred galaxies. In: Sandqvist, A., Lindblad, P.O. (eds) Barred Galaxies and Circumnuclear Activity. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 474. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0101963
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