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Coherent spatial structure versus time chaos in a perturbed sine-Gordon system

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)
A novel interplay of coherent spatial structure and temporal chaos is reported for the ac-driven, damped sine-Gordon system with breather initial conditions and periodic boundary conditions. The competing tendencies of spatial structures to be stable and of single-particle motions to be chaotic can lead to suppression of chaos, spatio-temporal intermittency, and symmetry-breaking tendencies. Dynamic structure factors provide direct evidence for spatial period halving and renormalized-phonon generation in chaotic regimes.
Research Organization:
Theoretical Division and Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
OSTI ID:
5904803
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 50:15; ISSN PRLTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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