henon_heiles_ode

henon_heiles_ode, a Python code which sets up the Henon-Heiles ordinary differential equations (ODE) for the motion of a star moving around a galactic center.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

henon_heiles_ode is available in a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

Related Data and codes:

python_ode, Python codes which sets up various systems of ordinary differential equations (ODE).

References:

1. Michel Henon, Carl Heiles,
   The applicability of the third integral of motion: Some numerical experiments,
   The Astronomical Journal,
   Volume 69, pages 73-79, 1964.

Source Code:

• henon_heiles_ode.py, the source code.
• henon_heiles_ode.sh, runs all the tests.
• henon_heiles_ode.txt, the output file.

• henon_heiles_euler_plot.png, a plot of t versus x, x', y, y'..
• henon_heiles_euler_orbit.png, a orbit plot of x versus y.
• henon_heiles_euler_conserved.png, a plot of the conserved quantity.