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Dissipation-induced heteroclinic orbits in tippe tops.

Journal Article · · Proposed for publication in SIAM Review.
OSTI ID:949032
This paper demonstrates that the conditions for the existence of a dissipation-induced heteroclinic orbit between the inverted and noninverted states of a tippe top are determined by a complex version of the equations for a simple harmonic oscillator: the modified Maxwell-Bloch equations. A standard linear analysis reveals that the modified Maxwell-Bloch equations describe the spectral instability of the noninverted state and Lyapunov stability of the inverted state. Standard nonlinear analysis based on the energy momentum method gives necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a dissipation-induced connecting orbit between these relative equilibria.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
949032
Report Number(s):
SAND2008-2784J
Journal Information:
Proposed for publication in SIAM Review., Journal Name: Proposed for publication in SIAM Review.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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