O. Steinbock et al., WAVE-PROPAGATION IN AN EXCITABLE MEDIUM ALONG A LINE OF A VELOCITY JUMP, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 48(5), 1993, pp. 3295-3298
The propagation of an excitation wave in a distributed medium along a
stripe with increased velocity is shown to result in the formation of
a stationary V-shaped wave structure. The propagation velocity of this
structure depends on the width of the stripe due to effects of wave c
urvature. We observed this phenomenon in a light-sensitive version of
the Belousov-Zhabotinsky system under nonhomogeneous illumination. Equ
ations are derived that describe quantitatively the observed wave stru
ctures and applied to estimate the diffusion coefficient of the propag
ator species.