@article{oai:nifs-repository.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000125, author = {Komori, A. and Kono, M. and Norimine, T. and Kawai, Y.}, issue = {Issue 11}, journal = {Physics of Fluids B}, month = {Nov}, note = {Cascading bifurcations to chaos are investigated experimentally and theoretically in a current-carrying stable plasma. A dc plasma current is required to produce an electron-depleted thick sheath on a grid, which obeys the Child Langmuir law of space-charge-limited current in a diode. Bifurcation cascade and chaotic behavior are exhibited when an external periodic oscillation is applied to the grid, and are in good agreement for the first time with a theory, which describes ion dynamics in the Child Langmuir sheath and is represented by the differential equation with three independent variables. A fractal dimension predicted by the theory is verified by the experiment.}, title = {Bifurcations and chaos in a current-carrying ion sheath}, volume = {Vol.4}, year = {1992} }