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Quasiperiodic transition to chaos in a plasma

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters; (United States)
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  1. Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230 026 (China)

The quasiperiodic transition to chaos in an undriven discharge plasma has been investigated. Results from the power spectrum and Lyapunov exponents quantitatively confirm the transition to chaos through quasiperiodicity. A low-dimension strange attractor has been found for this kind of plasma chaos.

OSTI ID:
6829415
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (United States) Vol. 70:2; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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