Simple nonlinear models suggest variable star universality

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2015.10.006MaRDI QIDQ2357490zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John F. Lindner, Vivek Kohar, Behnam Kia, Michael Hippke, John G. Learned, William L. Ditto

Publication date 13 June 2017

Published in Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.04719

zbMATH Keywords

golden rationonlinear dynamicsuniversalityvariable stars

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical aspects of twist maps (37E40) Time series analysis of dynamical systems (37M10) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05)

Abstract: Dramatically improved data from observatories like the CoRoT and Kepler spacecraft have recently facilitated nonlinear time series analysis and phenomenological modeling of variable stars, including the search for strange (aka fractal) or chaotic dynamics. We recently argued [Lindner et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 114 (2015) 054101] that the Kepler data includes "golden" stars, whose luminosities vary quasiperiodically with two frequencies nearly in the golden ratio, and whose secondary frequencies exhibit power-law scaling with exponent near -1.5, suggesting strange nonchaotic dynamics and singular spectra. Here we use a series of phenomenological models to make plausible the connection between golden stars and fractal spectra. We thereby suggest that at least some features of variable star dynamics reflect universal nonlinear phenomena common to even simple systems.

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