TRAVELING-WAVE FRAGMENTS IN ANISOTROPIC EXCITABLE MEDIA

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作者
MERTENS, F [1 ]
GOTTSCHALK, N [1 ]
BAR, M [1 ]
EISWIRTH, M [1 ]
MIKHAILOV, A [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV HANNOVER, INST PHYS CHEM & ELEKTROCHEM, D-30167 HANNOVER, GERMANY
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevE.51.R5193
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
Experiments with an anisotropic chemical excitable medium-a catalytic chemical reaction on a single crystal surface-reveal a kind of stable wave pattern representing single traveling-wave fragments. Their existence is attributed to the presence of a strong state-dependent diffusion anisotropy in the medium. A simple theory of traveling fragments setting general conditions for their observation is proposed. Its conclusions are confirmed by numerical simulations of a reaction-diffusion model. Our analysis suggests that traveling-wave fragments are a general property of excitable media with strong state-dependent anisotropy. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:R5193 / R5196
页数:4
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