Noise-induced switching near a depth two heteroclinic network and an application to Boussinesq convection
Ashwin, Peter; Podvigina, Olga
Date: 30 June 2010
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Journal
Chaos
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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Abstract
We investigate the robust heteroclinic dynamics arising in a system of ordinary differential equations in R4 with symmetry D4⋉(Z2)2. This system arises from the normal form reduction of a 1:2√ mode interaction for Boussinesq convection. We investigate the structure of a particular robust heteroclinic attractor with “depth two connections” ...
We investigate the robust heteroclinic dynamics arising in a system of ordinary differential equations in R4 with symmetry D4⋉(Z2)2. This system arises from the normal form reduction of a 1:2√ mode interaction for Boussinesq convection. We investigate the structure of a particular robust heteroclinic attractor with “depth two connections” from equilibria to subcycles as well as connections between equilibria. The “subcycle” is not asymptotically stable, due to nearby trajectories undertaking an “excursion,” but it is a Milnor attractor, meaning that a positive measure set of nearby initial conditions converges to the subcycle. We investigate the dynamics in the presence of noise and find a number of interesting properties. We confirm that typical trajectories wind around the subcycle with very occasional excursions near a depth two connection. The frequency of excursions depends on noise intensity in a subtle manner; in particular, for anisotropic noise, the depth two connection may be visited much more often than for isotropic noise, and more generally the long term statistics of the system depends not only on the noise strength but also on the anisotropy of the noise. Similar properties are confirmed in simulations of Boussinesq convection for parameters giving an attractor with depth two connections.
Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy
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