INTERFERENCE OF CROSSING TRIGGER WAVES IN MULTILAYER REACTION-DIFFUSION SYSTEMS

Authors
BUGRIM AE ZHABOTINSKY AM EPSTEIN IR
Citation
Ae. Bugrim et al., INTERFERENCE OF CROSSING TRIGGER WAVES IN MULTILAYER REACTION-DIFFUSION SYSTEMS, Physical review letters, 75(6), 1995, pp. 1206-1209
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
75
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1206 - 1209
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1995)75:6<1206:IOCTWI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We present here numerical simulations that qualitatively reproduce an experimental observation of the periodic emergence of sawtooth-shaped crossing chemical waves. Our results suggest that these large amplitud e periodic variations of the shape of the wave fronts are a generic ph enomenon. This type of interference is qualitatively different from th e classical interference of linear waves, which results in amplitude v ariation but preserves the shape of the wave fronts.