Chaos in kicked ratchets
- Zarlenga, Daniel Gustavo
- Larrondo, Hilda Angela
- Arizmendi, Constancio Miguel
- Family, Fereydoon
DOIAbstract
We present a minimal one-dimensional deterministic continuous dynamical system that exhibits chaotic behavior and complex transport properties. Our model is an overdamped rocking ratchet with finite dissipation, that is periodically kicked with a δ function driving force, without finite inertia terms or temporal or spatial stochastic forces. To our knowledge this is the simplest model reported in the literature for a ratchet, with this complex behavior. We develop an analytical approach that predicts many key features of the system, such as current reversals, as well as the presence of chaotic behavior and bifurcation. Our analytical approach allows us to study the transition from regular to chaotic motion as well as a tangent bifurcation a...
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