title: Transition zone in controlling spatiotemporal chaos.
abstract: The controllability of spatiotemporal chaos is investigated. Contrary to our common sense that there is only one transition point (i.e., a critical control strength) for successful control, we find that actually a transition zone exists, connecting two transition points for the local and global stabilities of the controlled state, respectively. Within the zone, the controllable probability increases from zero to one for random initial conditions. This behavior is found to be very generic and is expected to have a severe consequence in realistic applications in the control of spatiotemporal chaos.
authors.affiliation: Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, College of Materials, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.
authors.forename: Jihua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Lingling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhan