Gap bifurcations in nonlinear dynamical systems
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We investigate the dynamics generated by a type of equation which is common to a variety of physical systems where the undesirable effects of a number of self-consistent nonlinear forces are balanced by an externally imposed controlling harmonic force. We show that the equation presents a new sequence of bifurcations where periodic orbits are created and destroyed in such a nonsimultaneous way that may leave the appropriate phase-space occasionally empty of fundamental harmonic orbits and confi ...
We investigate the dynamics generated by a type of equation which is common to a variety of physical systems where the undesirable effects of a number of self-consistent nonlinear forces are balanced by an externally imposed controlling harmonic force. We show that the equation presents a new sequence of bifurcations where periodic orbits are created and destroyed in such a nonsimultaneous way that may leave the appropriate phase-space occasionally empty of fundamental harmonic orbits and confined trajectories. A generic analytical model is developed and compared with a concrete physical example. ...
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Physical review letters. Melville. Vol. 89, no. 18 (Oct. 2002), 184102 4p.
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