Cycling chaos: Its creation, persistence and loss of stability in a model of nonlinear magnetoconvection

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 134-154

  Ashwin, Peter ^a   Rucklidge, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaotic dynamics; Heteroclinic cycle; Magnetoconvection; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); LYAPUNOV METHODS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STABILITY; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CHAOTIC FLOW; CONDUCTING FLUID; CYCLING CHAOS; HETEROCLINIC CYCLE; MAGNETOCONVECTION;

CHAOS THEORY;

EID: 0032210006     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(98)00174-2     Document Type: Article

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