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Chaos in a complex plasma

Phys. Plasmas 12, 080701 (2005); doi:10.1063/1.1990067

Published 4 August 2005

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T. E. Sheridan
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio 45810
Chaotic dynamics is observed experimentally in a complex (dusty) plasma of three particles. A low-frequency sinusoidal modulation of the plasma density excites both the center-of-mass and breathing modes. Low-dimensional chaos is seen for a 1:2 resonance between these modes. A strange attractor with a dimension of 2.48±0.05 is observed. The largest Lyapunov exponent is positive. ©2005 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 20 April 2005; accepted 10 June 2005; published 4 August 2005
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KEYWORDS and PACS

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PACS
  • 52.25.Gj
    Plasma fluctuation and chaos phenomena
  • 52.27.Lw
    Dusty or complex plasmas; plasma crystals
  • 52.35.Mw
    Nonlinear phenomena: plasma waves, wave propagation and other interactions including parametric effects, mode coupling, ponderomotive effects, etc
  • YEAR: 2005

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