Bifurcation of Dividing Surfaces Constructed from Period-Doubling Bifurcations of Periodic Orbits in a Caldera Potential Energy Surface

Abstract

In this work we analyze the bifurcation of dividing surfaces that occurs as a result of two period-doubling bifurcations in a 2D caldera-type potential. We study the structure, the range, the minimum and maximum extents of the periodic orbit dividing surfaces before and after a subcritical period-doubling bifurcation of the family of the central minimum of the potential energy surface. Furthermore, we repeat the same study for the case of a supercritical perioddoubling bifurcation of the family of the central minimum of the potential energy surface. We will discuss and compare the results for the two cases of bifurcations of dividing surfaces.

15 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2107.09623

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