https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e20020058
Ionization waves: from stability to chaos and turbulence
1
Laboratoire de Physique des Milieux Ionisés et
Applications (UMR 7040 du CNRS) ,
Université Henri Poincaré, B.P. 239,
54506 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France
2
Laboratoire PIIM (UMR 6633 du CNRS) , Université de Provence,
13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
Corresponding author: a Gerard.Bonhomme@lpmi.uhp-nancy.fr
Received:
25
October
2001
Published online: 15 April 2002
The spatio-temporal dynamics of self-excited ionization waves in a neon glow discharge is experimentally investigated. Various mechanisms leading to ionization waves chaos and turbulence are identified: subharmonics cascade, Ruelle-Takens-Newhouse scenario, and spatio-temporal intermittency. The dynamical states involved in the transition scenarios from stability to chaotic regimes are characterized through both temporal and spatio-temporal analysis by means of the Biorthogonal Decomposition (BD).
PACS: 52.35.Mw – Nonlinear phenomena: waves, wave propagation, and other interactions (including parametric effects, mode coupling, ponderomotive effects, etc.) / 52.80.Hc – Glow; corona / 05.45.-a – Nonlinear dynamics and nonlinear dynamical systems
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2002
