Open AccessTemperature Contours and Ghost-Surfaces for Chaotic Magnetic Fields
Author(s) -
S.R. Hudson and J. Breslau
Publication year - 2008
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/960372
Subject(s) - physics , bifurcation , chaotic , instability , mechanics , vortex , homoclinic orbit , hopf bifurcation , nonlinear system , numerical continuation , classical mechanics , bifurcation diagram , phase space , bifurcation theory , computer simulation , artificial intelligence , computer science , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
Steady state solutions for anisotropic heat transport in a chaotic magnetic field are determined numerically and compared to a set of "ghost-surfaces", surfaces constructed via an action-gradient flow between the minimax and minimizing periodic orbits. The ghost-surfaces are in remarkable agreement with the temperature contours