Intermittent chaos driven by nonlinear Alfvén waves

We investigate the relevance of chaotic saddles and unstable periodic orbits at the onset of intermittent chaos in the phase dynamics of nonlinear Alfvén waves by using the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky (KS) equation as a model for phase dynamics. We focus on the role of nonattracting chaotic soluti...

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Main Authors: E. L. Rempel, A. C.-L. Chian, A. J. Preto, S. Stephany
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2004-01-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/11/691/2004/npg-11-691-2004.pdf