Dynamical turbulent flow on the Galton board with friction

Phys Rev Lett. 2001 Jul 16;87(3):034101. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.034101. Epub 2001 Jun 28.

Abstract

We study numerically and analytically the dynamics of charged particles on the Galton board, a regular lattice of disk scatters, in the presence of constant external force, magnetic field, and friction. It is shown that under certain conditions friction leads to the appearance of a strange chaotic attractor. In this regime the average velocity and direction of particle flow can be effectively affected by electric and magnetic fields. We discuss the applications of these results to the charge transport in antidot superlattices and the stream of suspended particles in a viscous flow through scatters.