Transverse instability of line defects of period-2 spiral waves

Jin Sung Park, Sung Jae Woo, Kyoung J. Lee

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    Abstract

    The transverse instability of the line defect that is associated with a P-2 spiral wave and the subsequent transition to a spatiotemporal chaotic state was analyzed. The experiments were conducted with a ferroin-catalyzed BZ reaction in a two side fed, composite gel reactor. It was observed that the shape of the defect structure can become sinusoidal with a transverse instability as in bistable fronts. It was shown that this instability eventually leads to a line-defect filled spatiotemporal chaotic state having erratic proliferations, annihilations and regenerations of line defects.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number098302
    Pages (from-to)098302-1-098302-4
    JournalPhysical review letters
    Volume93
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2004 Aug 27

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the Creative Research Initiatives of the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology.

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    Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Physics and Astronomy

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