Nonlinear resonances generate large-scale convection cells in phase space
Fan Wu, Dmitri Vainchtein, and Anton Artemyev
Phys. Rev. E 99, 020201(R) (2019) - Published 5 February, 2019
In this theoretical analysis, the authors show that charged particles resonantly interacting with electromagnetic waves can generate large-scale coherent structures. Defying conventional expectations, this shows that these interactions can create coherence instead of chaos.





