MEASUREMENT OF THE TRANSITION FROM UNIDIRECTIONAL TO BIDIRECTIONAL FRONT PROPAGATION INA REACTION-DIFFUSION SYSTEM

被引:43
作者
BODE, M
REUTER, A
SCHMELING, R
PURWINS, HG
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[1] Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Münster, 48149 Münster
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10.1016/0375-9601(94)90990-3
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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The transition from uni- to bi-directional front propagation, i.e. the breakdown of the strict concept of strong and weak domains, is studied experimentally using a chain of 128 coupled nonlinear electrical oscillators as a two component reaction-diffusion system. We compare the experimentally obtained transition points with recently derived theoretical criteria and find good agreement.
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