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Homoclinic Chaos in a Kinetic Model of Heterogeneous Catalytic Reaction Full article

Journal Computational Mathematics and Modeling
ISSN: 1046-283X
Output data Year: 2026, DOI: 10.1007/s10598-026-09688-6
Tags Dynamical system · Homoclinic chaos · Möbius orbit · Transversal homoclinic orbit · Kinetic model · Heterogeneous catalytic reaction
Authors Chumakov Gennadii A. 1,2 , Chumakova Nataliya A. 3,1
Affiliations
1 Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova St. 2, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
2 Sobolev Institute of Mathematics SB RAS, Pr. Akad. Koptyuga 4, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
3 Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Pr. Akad. Lavrentieva 5, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Funding (2)

1 Министерство науки и высшего образования РФ FWNF-2026-0026
2 Boreskov Institute of Catalysis FWUR-2024-0037

Abstract: This paper addresses the phenomenon of homoclinic chaos in a kinetic model with fast, intermediate, and slow variables. The model describes the dynamics of the heterogeneous catalytic reaction of interaction of hydrogen and oxygen on metallic catalyst. The subharmonic period-doubling cascade that is observed under a parameter variation in the system of three nonlinear ordinary differential equations leads to the generation of a global attractor. Using the Poincaré mapping and the second-iterate map, as well as their one-dimensional approximations, we prove the existence of a transversal homoclinic orbit to a saddle periodic Möbius orbit which generates the cascade of period-doubling bifurcations. The skeleton of the attractor consists of a family of unstable Möbius orbits of large periods. Numerical experiments show that a typical trajectory on the attractor under consideration is asymptotically chaotic.
Cite: Chumakov G.A. , Chumakova N.A.
Homoclinic Chaos in a Kinetic Model of Heterogeneous Catalytic Reaction
Computational Mathematics and Modeling. 2026. DOI: 10.1007/s10598-026-09688-6 Scopus OpenAlex
Dates:
Submitted: Oct 25, 2025
Accepted: Jan 23, 2026
Published online: Apr 13, 2026
Identifiers:
≡ Scopus: 2-s2.0-105035692927
≡ OpenAlex: W7153975581
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