PERIOD-DOUBLING OF A TORUS IN A CHAIN OF OSCILLATORS

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作者
FLESSELLES, JM [1 ]
CROQUETTE, V [1 ]
JUCQUOIS, S [1 ]
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[1] ECOLE NORMALE SUPER,CNRS,PHYS STAT LAB,F-75231 PARIS 05,FRANCE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.2871
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have experimentally studied the transition to chaos in a quasi-one-dimensional chain of nonlinear coupled oscillators, with periodic boundary conditions. We show that as long as the dynamics are not chaotic, this transition follows an unusual scenario: the period doubling of a T2 torus. During this scenario all oscillators remain in phase. When the chain of oscillators bifurcates to chaos, it loses its spatial homogeneity and localized wave holes randomly propagate along the chain.
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