In the study of Hamiltonian systems finding conserved quantities may give precious insights about the dynamics of the system. One of this quantity is the so-called adiabatic invariant, which is essentially the area subtended by one periodic trajectory in the canonical phase space. In our case, the adiabatic invariant would be:
J=/int(Gdg)
(where G=sqrt((1-e^2)*(\mu*a)) and g=\omega) over one trajectory. In our case, we computed the area subtended by the separatrix for several values of H=sqrt((1-e^2)*(\mu*a))*cos(i). The next figure show the separatrix for H/(sqrt(/mu*a)=0.0030.
We computed the area covered by
the separatrix for different values of H. Results are in the following
figures: in the first we report the dependence of the fraction of phase
space covered by the libration island with respect to the whole available
phase space (both libration islands at + and -90o are considered), with
respect to H/(sqrt(/mu*a); in the second the value of J/(sqrt(/mu*a) with
respect to H/(sqrt(/mu*a) (one libration island only), and in the third
J vs. H (sqrt(/mu*a)=2.06982*1013 m2/s, for S/2000S5
(a=0.075 AU, again only one libration island)).
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In the next image we show a plot of the adiabatic invarant versus H for different values of a.
In the next figures we report the plots of J vs. H for
a numerical simulation involving S5 (no drag involved). The plots
on the left are J vs. H, J vs. a, and a vs. H, respectively.
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In the next two plots we report the time evolution of
orbital elements for a simulation involving S5, with Stokes drag,
and J vs. H for the same simulation (J was computed until the time the
particle left the Kozai resonance. The colored line report the values
of J vs. H for the minimum, average and maximum value of a, respectively.
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