Super-spiral structures in an excitable medium

Under certain conditions, the rotating spiral wave does not exhibit simple periodic rotation, but quasiperiodic rotation, in which the spiral's origin (the tip) meanders. Calculations have shown that highly meandering tip motion can impose superstructures on spiral waves, which is demonstrated.

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Published in:	Nature (London) Vol. 353; no. 6346; pp. 740 - 742
Main Authors:	Perez-Muñuzuri, V, Aliev, R, Vasiev, B, Perez-Villar, V, Krinsky, V. I
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing 24-10-1991 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	Chemistry Exact sciences and technology General and physical chemistry Physics Theory of reactions, general kinetics Theory of reactions, general kinetics. Catalysis. Nomenclature, chemical documentation, computer chemistry Wave Theoretical study Spiral shape Zhabotinskii reaction Chemical reaction Oscillating reaction
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Summary:	Under certain conditions, the rotating spiral wave does not exhibit simple periodic rotation, but quasiperiodic rotation, in which the spiral's origin (the tip) meanders. Calculations have shown that highly meandering tip motion can impose superstructures on spiral waves, which is demonstrated.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23
ISSN:	0028-0836 1476-4687
DOI:	10.1038/353740a0