Published January 16, 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Instability of trajectories of a class of Hamiltonian systems

  • 1. Rand Afrikaans Univ., Johannesburg (South Africa)
  • 2. Kraftwerk Union A.G., Erlangen (Germany, F.R.)

Description

The Toda-Brumer criterion for testing the instability of trajectories is applied to the Hamiltonian function with potential U(x) = x12/2 + x22/2 + μxsub(1)sup(n)xsub(2)sup(n) (n positive and even). The threshold value Esub(c) in dependence of μ and n is calculated

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Lett. Nuovo Cim.
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
2
Series
Lett. Nuovo Cim.
Journal Page Range
89-91
ISSN
0024-1318
CODEN
NCLTA

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
Italy
INIS RN
17004176
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
EIGENVALUES; ENERGY; HAMILTONIAN FUNCTION; POTENTIALS; TRAJECTORIES
Descriptors DEC
FUNCTIONS