Destabilization by noise of transverse perturbations to heteroclinic cycles: A simple model and an example from dynamo theory

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 455, Issue 1992, 1999, Pages 4205-4222

  Gog, J R ^a,b,c   Oprea, I ^a,b,c   Proctor, M R E ^a,b,c   Rucklidge, A M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamo theory; Heteroclinic cycle; Noise induced instability; Non normal dynamics; Transverse instability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746418889     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1999.0498     Document Type: Article

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