Competing multistability in a plasma diode

Abstract

The competing multistability in a plasma diode system has been demonstrated numerically. This system exhibits the time-dependent, competing behavior between multistable coexisting attractors for the same set of parameters with an extreme sensitivity to the initial conditions. By employing the one-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, the multistability and the competition between multiple attractors have been investigated in the space of well-defined relevant parameters of a plasma diode system.