Experimental study of the dynamics of spiral pairs in light-sensitive Belousov-Zhabotinskii media using an open-gel reactor

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作者
Brandtstädter, H [1 ]
Braune, M [1 ]
Schebesch, I [1 ]
Engel, H [1 ]
机构
[1] Tech Univ Berlin, Inst Theoret Phys, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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10.1016/S0009-2614(00)00486-3
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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Within an open-gel reactor we study the interaction of spiral waves in a light-sensitive Belousov-Zhabotinskii (BZ) medium by varying the applied light intensity which controls the local excitation threshold. A small, initially symmetric pair of counter-rotating spiral waves after several rotation periods undergoes a symmetry-breaking instability. For a spiral wave interacting virtually with its mirror image on the opposite side of a plane boundary impermeable to diffusion, we measure the drift along the boundary as a function of the applied light intensity. The experimental data are compared with the results of numerical simulations obtained from a modified Oregonator model. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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