Study of the Wada fractal boundary and indeterminate crisis

By using the generalized cell mapping digraph (GCMD)method,we study bifurcations governing the escape of periodically forced oscillators in a potential well,in which a chaotic saddle plays an extremely important role.Int this paper,we find the chaotic saddle,and we demonstrate that the chaotic saddle is embedded in a strange fractal boundary which has the Wada property,that any point on the boundary of that basin is also simultaneously on the boundary of at least two other basins.The chaotic saddle in the Wada fractal boundary,by colliding with a chaotic attractor,leads to a chaotic boundary crisis with a global indeterminate outcome which presents an extreme form of indeterminacy in a dynamical system.We also investigate the origin and evolution of the chaotic saddle in the Wada fractal boundary particularly concentrating on its discontinuous bifurcations(metamorphoses),We demonstrate that the chaotic saddle in the Wada fractal boundary is created by the collision between two chaotic saddles in different fractal boundaries.After a final escape bifurcation,there only exists the attractor at infinity;a chaotic saddle with a beautiful pattern is left behind in phase space.     

Homoclinic tangency and chaotic attractor disappearance in a dripping faucet experiment

A sequence of attractors, reconstructed from interdrops time series data of a leaky faucet experiment, is analyzed as a function of the mean dripping rate. We established the presence of a saddle point and its manifolds in the attractors and we explained the dynamical changes in the system using the evolution of the manifolds of the saddle point, as suggested by the orbits traced in first return maps. The sequence starts at a fixed point and evolves to an invariant torus of increasing diameter (a Hopf bifurcation) that pushes the unstable manifold towards the stable one. The torus breaks up and the system shows a chaotic attractor bounded by the unstable manifold of the saddle. With the attractor expansion the unstable manifold becomes tangential to the stable one, giving rise to the sudden disappearance of the chaotic attractor, which is an experimental observation of a so called chaotic blue sky catastrophe.     

常微分方程系统中内部激变现象的研究

应用广义胞映射图论方法研究常微分方程系统的激变.揭示了边界激变是由于混沌吸引子与 在其吸引域边界上的周期鞍碰撞产生的,在这种情况下,当系统参数通过激变临界值时,混 沌吸引子连同它的吸引域突然消失,在相空间原混沌吸引子的位置上留下了一个混沌鞍.研 究混沌吸引子大小(尺寸和形状)的突然变化,即内部激变.发现这种混沌吸引子大小的突然 变化是由于混沌吸引子与在其吸引域内部的混沌鞍碰撞产生的,这个混沌鞍是相空间非吸引 的不变集,代表内部激变后混沌吸引子新增的一部分.同时研究了这个混沌鞍的形成与演化. 给出了对永久自循环胞集和瞬态自循环胞集进行局部细化的方法. 关键词： 广义胞映射 有向图 激变 混沌鞍     

一类新的边界激变现象:混沌的边界激变

混沌吸引子的激变是一类普遍现象.借助于广义胞映射图论(generalized cell mapping digraph)方法发现了嵌入在分形吸引域边界内的混沌鞍,这个混沌鞍由于碰撞混沌吸引子导致混沌吸引子完全突然消失,是一类新的边界激变现象,称为混沌的边界激变.可以证明混沌的边界激变是由于混沌吸引子与分形吸引域边界上的混沌鞍相碰撞产生的,在这种情况下,当系统参数通过激变临界值时,混沌吸引子连同它的吸引域突然消失,同时这个混沌鞍也突然增大 关键词： 广义胞映射 有向图 激变 混沌鞍     

Boundary crisis and transient in a dissipative relativistic standard map

Some dynamical properties for a problem concerning the acceleration of particles in a wave packet are studied. The model is described in terms of a two-dimensional nonlinear map obtained from a Hamiltonian which describes the motion of a relativistic standard map. The phase space is mixed in the sense that there are regular and chaotic regions coexisting. When dissipation is introduced, the property of area preservation is broken and attractors emerge. We have shown that a tiny increase of the dissipation causes a change in the phase space. A chaotic attractor as well as its basin of attraction are destroyed thereby leading the system to experience a boundary crisis. We have characterized such a boundary crisis via a collision of the chaotic attractor with the stable manifold of a saddle fixed point. Once the chaotic attractor is destroyed, a chaotic transient described by a power law with exponent −1 is observed.     

一类含非黏滞阻尼的Duffing单边碰撞系统的激变研究

以一类含非黏滞阻尼的Duffing单边碰撞系统为研究对象, 运用复合胞坐标系方法, 分析了该系统的全局分岔特性. 对于非黏滞阻尼模型而言, 它与物体运动速度的时间历程相关, 能更真实地反映出结构材料的能量耗散现象. 研究发现, 随着阻尼系数、松弛参数及恢复系数的变化, 系统发生两类激变现象: 一种是混沌吸引子与其吸引域内的混沌鞍发生碰撞而产生的内部激变, 另一种是混沌吸引子与吸引域边界上的周期鞍(混沌鞍)发生碰撞而产生的常规边界激变(混沌边界激变), 这两类激变都使得混沌吸引子的形状发生突然改变. 关键词： 非黏滞阻尼 Duffing碰撞振动系统 激变 复合胞坐标系方法     

Characteristics of in-out intermittency in delay-coupled FitzHugh–Nagumo oscillators

We analyze a pair of delay-coupled FitzHugh–Nagumo oscillators exhibiting in-out intermittency as a part of the generating mechanism of extreme events. We study in detail the characteristics of in-out intermittency and identify the invariant subsets involved – a saddle fixed point and a saddle periodic orbit – neither of which are chaotic as in the previously reported cases of in-out intermittency. Based on the analysis of a periodic attractor possessing in-out dynamics, we can characterize the approach to the invariant synchronization manifold and the spiralling out to the saddle periodic orbit with subsequent ejection from the manifold. Due to the striking similarities, this analysis of in-out dynamics also explains in-out intermittency     

Hénon映射的噪声诱导间歇现象及其临界值估算研究

本文研究了Hénon映射在噪声诱导下发生的间歇现象.通过数值模拟和全局分析手段,揭示了噪声诱导间歇现象的机理.基于随机敏感度函数法,通过检测噪声作用下周期吸引子的置信椭圆与混沌鞍的碰撞情况,给出了诱发间歇现象的噪声强度临界值的估算方法.结果表明,Hénon映射中噪声诱导间歇现象是由随机周期吸引子和混沌鞍不稳定流形的相互作用引发,随机敏感度函数的方法可以较好地估算发生间歇现象的噪声强度临界值.     

Noise-induced synchronization and coherence resonance of a Hodgkin-Huxley model of thermally sensitive neurons

We study nontrivial effects of noise on synchronization and coherence of a chaotic Hodgkin-Huxley model of thermally sensitive neurons. We demonstrate that identical neurons which are not coupled but subjected to a common fluctuating input (Gaussian noise) can achieve complete synchronization when the noise amplitude is larger than a threshold. For nonidentical neurons, noise can induce phase synchronization. Noise enhances synchronization of weakly coupled neurons. We also find that noise enhances the coherence of the spike trains. A saddle point embedded in the chaotic attractor is responsible for these nontrivial noise-induced effects. Relevance of our results to biological information processing is discussed.     

Blowout bifurcation and spatial mode excitation in the bubbling transition to turbulence

The transition to turbulence (spatio-temporal chaos) in a wide class of spatially extended dynamical system is due to the loss of transversal stability of a chaotic attractor lying on a homogeneous manifold (in the Fourier phase space of the system), causing spatial mode excitation. Since the latter manifests as intermittent spikes this has been called a bubbling transition. We present numerical evidences that this transition occurs due to the so-called blowout bifurcation, whereby the attractor as a whole loses transversal stability and becomes a chaotic saddle. We used a nonlinear three-wave interacting model with spatial diffusion as an example of this transition.     

Transition to chaos in continuous-time random dynamical systems

We consider situations where, in a continuous-time dynamical system, a nonchaotic attractor coexists with a nonattracting chaotic saddle, as in a periodic window. Under the influence of noise, chaos can arise. We investigate the fundamental dynamical mechanism responsible for the transition and obtain a general scaling law for the largest Lyapunov exponent. A striking finding is that the topology of the flow is fundamentally disturbed after the onset of noisy chaos, and we point out that such a disturbance is due to changes in the number of unstable eigendirections along a continuous trajectory under the influence of noise.     

Underlying dynamics of the pedestal components in a modulated laser diode with noise

We demonstrate that the pedestal components observed in the power spectra of a directly modulated laser diode, which were interpreted as a sign of instability of the periodic regime, are an indication of the coexistence of a chaotic regime with the periodic one. We present the underlying dynamics behind the rise of these pedestals, showing two different situations in which the pedestals appear. In both, a periodic regime coexists with another attractor, a saddle cycle in one case and a chaotic attractor in the other. The random fluctuations included in the laser diode model allow the coexisting attractors to merge in the observed behavior of the laser.     

Analysis of chaotic saddles in high-dimensional dynamical systems: the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation

This paper presents a methodology to study the role played by nonattracting chaotic sets called chaotic saddles in chaotic transitions of high-dimensional dynamical systems. Our methodology is applied to the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation, a reaction-diffusion partial differential equation. The paper describes a novel technique that uses the stable manifold of a chaotic saddle to characterize the homoclinic tangency responsible for an interior crisis, a chaotic transition that results in the enlargement of a chaotic attractor. The numerical techniques explained here are important to improve the understanding of the connection between low-dimensional chaotic systems and spatiotemporal systems which exhibit temporal chaos and spatial coherence.     

Noise induced destruction of zero Lyapunov exponent in coupled chaotic systems

Recently, it has been found that noise can induce chaos and destruct the zero Lyapunov exponent in the situation where a nonchaotic attractor coexists with a nonattracting chaotic saddle, as in a periodic window [Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002) 124101]. Here we report that noise can also destruct the zero Lyapunov exponent in coupled chaotic systems where there is only one attractor. Moreover, the zero Lyapunov exponent in noise free will become positive when adding noise and be proportional to the average frequency of bursting induced by noise. A physical theory and numerical simulations are presented to explain how the average frequency of bursting depends on the coupling and noise strength.     

Origin of transient and intermittent dynamics in spatiotemporal chaotic systems

Nonattracting chaotic sets (chaotic saddles) are shown to be responsible for transient and intermittent dynamics in an extended system exemplified by a nonlinear regularized long-wave equation, relevant to plasma and fluid studies. As the driver amplitude is increased, the system undergoes a transition from quasiperiodicity to temporal chaos, then to spatiotemporal chaos. The resulting intermittent time series of spatiotemporal chaos displays random switching between laminar and bursty phases. We identify temporally and spatiotemporally chaotic saddles which are responsible for the laminar and bursty phases, respectively. Prior to the transition to spatiotemporal chaos, a spatiotemporally chaotic saddle is responsible for chaotic transients that mimic the dynamics of the post-transition attractor.     

On the Dynamics of a Model with Coexistence of Three Attractors: A Point,a Periodic Orbit and a Strange Attractor

For a dynamical system described by a set of autonomous differential equations, an attractor can be either a point, or a periodic orbit, or even a strange attractor. Recently a new chaotic system with only one parameter has been presented where besides a point attractor and a chaotic attractor, it also has a coexisting attractor limit cycle which makes evident the complexity of such a system. We study using analytic tools the dynamics of such system. We describe its global dynamics near the infinity, and prove that it has no Darboux first integrals.     

Multimode semiconductor laser with selective optical feedback

We study a multimode semiconductor laser subject to moderate selective optical feedback. The steady state of the laser is destabilized by a Hopf bifurcation and exhibits a period-doubling route to chaos. We also show the existence of a heteroclinic connection between a saddle node and an unstable focus that can be associated with experimentally observed multimode low-frequency fluctuations. This heteroclinic connection coexists with a chaotic attractor resulting from the period-doubling process.     

A fuzzy crisis in a Duffing-van der Pol system

A crisis in a Duffing--van del Pol system with fuzzy uncertainties is studied by means of the fuzzy generalised cell mapping (FGCM) method. A crisis happens when two fuzzy attractors collide simultaneously with a fuzzy saddle on the basin boundary as the intensity of fuzzy noise reaches a critical point. The two fuzzy attractors merge discontinuously to form one large fuzzy attractor after a crisis. A fuzzy attractor is characterized by its global topology and membership function. A fuzzy saddle with a complicated pattern of several disjoint segments is observed in phase space. It leads to a discontinuous merging crisis of fuzzy attractors. We illustrate this crisis event by considering a fixed point under additive and multiplicative fuzzy noise. Such a crisis is fuzzy noise-induced effects which cannot be seen in deterministic systems.     

A novel four-wing chaotic attractor generated from a three-dimensional quadratic autonomous system

This paper presents a new 3D quadratic autonomous chaotic system which contains five system parameters and three quadratic cross-product terms, and the system can generate a single four-wing chaotic attractor with wide parameter ranges. Through theoretical analysis, the Hopf bifurcation processes are proved to arise at certain equilibrium points. Numerical bifurcation analysis shows that the system has many interesting complex dynamical behaviours; the system trajectory can evolve to a chaotic attractor from a periodic orbit or a fixed point as the proper parameter varies. Finally, an analog electronic circuit is designed to physically realize the chaotic system; the existence of four-wing chaotic attractor is verified by the analog circuit realization.     

Properties of maps related to flows around a saddle point

General properties of maps associated with systems in which trajectories of the flow get close to a hyperbolic fixed point with a two-dimensional stable and a one-dimensional unstable manifold are examined in the chaotic region.Exponents characterizing power law singular behaviour of the Jacobian, of the shape of and of the stationary probability distribution on the chaotic attractor are expressed in terms of the ratios of the eigenvalues of the linearized flow at the hyperbolic point. Emphasis is laid on the study of the limiting case of strong dissipation leading to a simple one-dimensional attractor but to a dynamics with interesting features.