EFFECT OF PARTIALLY REFLECTING BOUNDARY-CONDITIONS ON THE DECAY OF METASTABLE REST STATES IN AN ACTIVATOR-INHIBITOR SYSTEM

Authors
IZUS G DEZA R WIO HS BORZI C
Citation
G. Izus et al., EFFECT OF PARTIALLY REFLECTING BOUNDARY-CONDITIONS ON THE DECAY OF METASTABLE REST STATES IN AN ACTIVATOR-INHIBITOR SYSTEM, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 55(4), 1997, pp. 4005-4011
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
55
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
4005 - 4011
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1997)55:4<4005:EOPRBO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We study the effect of the boundary conditions on the spontaneous nucl eation and evaporation of excited domains in the bistable regime of an activator-inhibitor stochastic system. In such a regime a quasivariat ional approximation can be used to obtain the stationary distribution. The nucleation and evaporation rates of the resulting nonuniform stru ctures are investigated using a piecewise-linear dynamics to obtain an alytical results.