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October 09, 2014
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Action-angle Coordinates

A semi-casual introduction to Action-angle coordinates in Hamiltonian dynamics.

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Adrian Price-Whelan

October 09, 2014

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Transcript

  1. ACTION-ANGLE COORDINATES Adrian Price-Whelan

  2. None
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  4. n second order 2n first order

  5. n=3, 6D phase-space

  6. Integrable systems There exist n independent integrals of motion In

    2n-dimensional phase-space:

  7. Integrable systems There exist n independent integrals of motion Motion

    is confined to an n-dimensional manifold In 2n-dimensional phase-space:

  8. Integrable systems Bounded motion periodicity

  9. Integrable systems What if…

  10. Integrable systems

  11. Action-angle coords.

  12. Action-angle coords.

  13. Action-angle coords.

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  20. cool. SO WHAT?

  21. Tidal stream formation Hessian

  22. Tidal stream formation

  23. Position Velocity

  24. Angles Actions

  25. so how do we find actions?

  26. This is not a solved problem!

  27. Kaasalainen & Binney McGill & Binney Sanders & Binney Bovy