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Unfamiliar integrals and motions down the ‘plug-hole’ potential. (English) Zbl 1200.37061

The orbits of a particle moving under the potential \(\psi = -CzR^{-2} + \zeta(R)\) are considered. This potential was earlier defined by one of the authors in D. Lynden-Bell [Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 124, 95–123 (1962; Zbl 0102.43801)]. The Poisson bracket \([h, I]\) is non-zero, so Liouville’s integrability does not hold. The orbits have integrals \(E\), \(R^2 \dot{\phi}=h\) and \(h\dot{z} + C \phi = I\). The \(z\)-velocity is thus proportional to the number of turns made around the axis. Using a combination of numeric and analytical tools, the properties of the orbits for the cylindrical Keplerian problem, with \(\zeta = 2 \mu C R^{-1}\), are analysed here. At the end are some remarks concerning what one should expect for more general potentials \(\zeta\).

MSC:

37K10 Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.)
70H06 Completely integrable systems and methods of integration for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics

Citations:

Zbl 0102.43801
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