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Yeasin Ali

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Spinning compact object and chaos in galactic centers

Galactic centres are highly dynamic regions dominated by a supermassive black hole (BH) surrounded by nuclear star clusters (NSC), molecular gas, and asymmetric matter distributions such as disks or halos. The combined gravitational effects of these components, along with relativistic corrections from the BH's spin, generate strongly nonlinear dynamics and frequent chaotic orbital behaviour. To model this environment, we employ a multipolar expansion potential in which the central compact object is represented by the Artemova-Bjornsson-Novikov pseudo-Newtonian potential, effectively capturing spin-dependent features of a Kerr-like BH. The surrounding halo is treated as an axisymmetric, shell-like mass distribution expanded up to third order in multipolar terms to account for realistic asymmetry. Previous studies have mainly explored the influence of multipolar moments and BH spin using Poincare sections, SALI, and related chaos indicators. In this work, we extend these analyses by incorporating stability analysis and basins of convergence to achieve a more complete understanding of the system's dynamics. Stability analysis around equilibrium points provides insight into local behavior, while basins of convergence highlight sensitivity to initial conditions and expose fractal basin boundaries. Our results show that the BH spin significantly reshapes phase space: depending on its magnitude and orientation, it can either amplify chaotic scattering caused by halo asymmetry or stabilize specific orbital families. These findings enhance our understanding of how relativistic spin effects and multipolar mass distributions jointly govern the dynamical architecture of galactic centers.

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Exploring Chaotic Motion of a Particle in the Centre of a Galaxy with a Prolate Halo

The majority of galaxies are known to have supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at their core, which have a tremendous gravitational pull on the objects around them. When embedded within extended matter distributions such as prolate, shell-like halos, they give rise to complex gravitational fields that often drive nearby particles into chaotic orbits. The inherently nonlinear nature of such motion, shaped by general relativity, makes direct analysis highly challenging. To overcome this, pseudo-Newtonian potentials are used to approximate relativistic effects within a Newtonian framework. In this study, we model the central SMBH using the Artemova-Bjornsson-Novikov (1996) potential to mimic the rotational effects of a Kerr-like black hole. The surrounding prolate halo is treated as an axisymmetric, shell-like mass distribution, represented through a multipole expansion including dipole and quadrupole components. Poincare sections and the Maximum Lyapunov Exponent (MLE) reveal how the SMBH-halo system drives both order and chaos, with the SMBH spin modulating the dynamics by enhancing or suppressing chaos depending on its direction and magnitude.

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Chaotic Dynamics in a Galactic Multipolar Halo with a Compact Primary

Observational evidence strongly supports the existence of a Super Massive Black Hole (SMBH) at the Galactic center, surrounded by dense stellar clusters. Modeling galactic centers with intricate structures like shells and rings pose challenges, prompting the use of simplified models such as a spherical monopole potential with a multipolar halo mass distribution. This approach, employing a multipolar expansion model, provides versatility for numerical analyses, revealing the complex dynamics of stars in this region. Pseudo-Potentials like Paczynsky-Wiita and Artemova-Bjornsson-Novikov are utilized to simulate the impacts of strong gravity from non-rotating and rotating compact objects respectively, elucidating their influence on stellar dynamics. Chaos naturally arises due to non-central forces, visualized using the Poincar\'e section technique. Of particular importance is the utilization of the Smaller Alignment Index (SALI), a powerful nonlinear dynamical tool, which categorizes particle orbits as escaping, regular, sticky, or chaotic. We exhaustively examine all combinations of multipolar moments up to the octupolar term along with spin using this tool, which had not been studied earlier. SALI provides a straightforward yet efficient method for assessing the interplay between the system's different multipolar moments, their combinations, and spin. Thus, our findings offer insights into the dynamics of compact objects enshrouded in a halo mass distribution and lay the groundwork for understanding complex astrophysical systems in galactic centers.

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