TOPOLOGICAL DYNAMICS IN A CATALYSIS EXPERIMENT

Authors
FIRLE SO NATIELLO MA EISWIRTH M
Citation
So. Firle et al., TOPOLOGICAL DYNAMICS IN A CATALYSIS EXPERIMENT, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 53(1), 1996, pp. 1257-1260
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
53
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Part
B
Pages
1257 - 1260
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1996)53:1<1257:TDIACE>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A time series of the catalytical reaction of CO and O-2 on a Pt(110) s urface is used to model the topological features of the underlying att ractor by reconstructing unstable periodic orbits in a three-dimension al imbedding space. The orbits reveal that the template supporting the dynamics cannot be that of a Smale's horseshoe. Some of the computed orbits imply positive topological entropy, showing that the time serie s is chaotic.