Observation of deterministic chaos in electrical discharges in gases
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- 10 August 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 59 (6) , 613-616
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.59.613
Abstract
We report that dc-excited discharges in gases that display current oscillations which develop into deterministically chaotic behavior. A period-doubling route to chaos characteristic of 1D maps is established for sealed discharges in Plücker’s tubes containing helium. Besides this we report the observation of a scenario showing properties analogous to those of the 2D map of Hénon. Clear sequences of period doublings are also reported for flowing discharges.Keywords
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