A GENERIC MECHANISM FOR SPATIOTEMPORAL INTERMITTENCY

Authors
ARGENTINA M COULLET P
Citation
M. Argentina et P. Coullet, A GENERIC MECHANISM FOR SPATIOTEMPORAL INTERMITTENCY, Physica. A, 257(1-4), 1998, pp. 45-60
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physica. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03784371
Volume
257
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
45 - 60
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-4371(1998)257:1-4<45:AGMFSI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A simple mechanism for spatiotemporal intermittency is described. It o ccurs in systems that exhibit bistability between a homogeneous statio nary state and an oscillatory one, close to parameter values where the oscillation disappears through an Andronov homoclinic bifurcation. (C ) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.