About the Authors

Lora Billings

billingsl@mail.montclair.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jerey, United States of America

Luis Mier-y-Teran-Romero

Affiliations U. S. Naval Research Laboratory, Nonlinear System Dynamics Section, Plasma Physics Division, Washington, DC, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Brandon Lindley

Affiliation U. S. Naval Research Laboratory, Nonlinear System Dynamics Section, Plasma Physics Division, Washington, DC, United States of America

Ira B. Schwartz

Affiliation U. S. Naval Research Laboratory, Nonlinear System Dynamics Section, Plasma Physics Division, Washington, DC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LB LM BL IS. Performed the experiments: LB LM BL IS. Analyzed the data: LB LM BL IS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LB LM BL IS. Wrote the paper: LB LM BL IS.