Quasi-periodic perturbations within the reversible context 2 in KAM theory

The paper consists of two sections. In Section 1, we give a short review of KAM theory with an emphasis on Whitney smooth families of invariant tori in typical Hamiltonian and reversible systems. In Section 2, we prove a KAM-type result for non-autonomous reversible systems (depending quasi-periodically on time) within the almost unexplored reversible context 2. This context refers to the situation where dim Fix G < (1/2) codim T, here Fix G is the fixed point manifold of the reversing involution G and T is the invariant torus one deals with.Comment: 15 page

KAM theory for lower dimensional tori within the reversible context 2

The reversible context 2 in KAM theory refers to the situation where dim Fix G < (1/2) codim T, here Fix G is the fixed point manifold of the reversing involution G and T is the invariant torus one deals with. Up to now, the persistence of invariant tori in the reversible context 2 has been only explored in the extreme particular case where dim Fix G = 0 [M. B. Sevryuk, Regul. Chaotic Dyn. 16 (2011), no. 1-2, 24-38]. We obtain a KAM-type result for the reversible context 2 in the general situation where the dimension of Fix G is arbitrary. As in the case where dim Fix G = 0, the main technical tool is J. Moser's modifying terms theorem of 1967.Comment: 21 pages; dedicated to the memory of Vladimir Igorevich Arnold who is so unexpectedly gon

Analytic Lagrangian tori for the planetary many-body problem

In 2004, F\'ejoz [D\'emonstration du 'th\'eor\'eme d'Arnold' sur la stabilit\'e du syst\`eme plan\'etaire (d'apr\`es M. Herman). Ergod. Th. & Dynam. Sys. 24(5) (2004), 1521-1582], completing investigations of Herman's [D\'emonstration d'un th\'eor\'eme de V.I. Arnold. S\'eminaire de Syst\'emes Dynamiques et manuscripts, 1998], gave a complete proof of 'Arnold's Theorem' [V. I. Arnol'd. Small denominators and problems of stability of motion in classical and celestial mechanics. Uspekhi Mat. Nauk. 18(6(114)) (1963), 91-192] on the planetary many-body problem, establishing, in particular, the existence of a positive measure set of smooth (C\infty) Lagrangian invariant tori for the planetary many-body problem. Here, using R\"u{\ss}mann's 2001 KAM theory [H. R\"u{\ss}mann. Invariant tori in non-degenerate nearly integrable Hamiltonian systems. R. & C. Dynamics 2(6) (2001), 119-203], we prove the above result in the real-analytic class

On the Lagrangian Dynamics of Atmospheric Zonal Jets and the Permeability of the Stratospheric Polar Vortex

The Lagrangian dynamics of zonal jets in the atmosphere are considered, with particular attention paid to explaining why, under commonly encountered conditions, zonal jets serve as barriers to meridional transport. The velocity field is assumed to be two-dimensional and incompressible, and composed of a steady zonal flow with an isolated maximum (a zonal jet) on which two or more travelling Rossby waves are superimposed. The associated Lagrangian motion is studied with the aid of KAM (Kolmogorov--Arnold--Moser) theory, including nontrivial extensions of well-known results. These extensions include applicability of the theory when the usual statements of nondegeneracy are violated, and applicability of the theory to multiply periodic systems, including the absence of Arnold diffusion in such systems. These results, together with numerical simulations based on a model system, provide an explanation of the mechanism by which zonal jets serve as barriers to meridional transport of passive tracers under commonly encountered conditions. Causes for the breakdown of such a barrier are discussed. It is argued that a barrier of this type accounts for the sharp boundary of the Antarctic ozone hole at the perimeter of the stratospheric polar vortex in the austral spring.Comment: Submitted to Journal of the Atmospheric Science