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Fluctuational Transitions through a Fractal Basin Boundary.

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Published
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>24/10/2003
<mark>Journal</mark>Physical review letters
Issue number17
Volume91
Pages (from-to)174104 / 4 pages
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Fluctuational transitions between two coexisting chaotic attractors, separated by a fractal basin boundary, are studied in a discrete dynamical system. It is shown that the transition mechanism is determined by a hierarchy of homoclinic points. The most probable escape path from a chaotic attractor to the fractal boundary is found using both statistical analyses of fluctuational trajectories and the Hamiltonian theory of fluctuations.