Dynamics of a metallic particle bouncing between alternating high voltage electrodes

We study the dynamics of the motion of a metallic particle bouncing between alternating high-voltage electrodes in a compressed SF6 gas coaxial insulator. Through the study of the bifurcation diagram and attractors, we find that the dynamics of a metallic particle develops from a stable periodic motion to chaos as the strength of the electric field increases. Based on these results, we show numerically that the chaotic motion of the particle can be stabilized by using a chaos control method.