title: Fluctuational transitions through a fractal basin boundary.
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.
authors: Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, U.K.
authors: A N
authors: AN
authors: Silchenko
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Beri
authors: D G
authors: DG
authors: Luchinsky
authors: P V E
authors: PV
authors: McClintock