Wave-Induced Chemical Chaos
Author(s) -
J. H. Merkin,
Valery Petrov,
Stephen K. Scott,
Kenneth Showalter
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.76.546
Subject(s) - chaotic , physics , homogeneous , chaos (operating system) , statistical physics , sensitivity (control systems) , spatial correlation , mathematics , computer science , statistics , computer security , artificial intelligence , electronic engineering , engineering
Spatiotemporal chaos in a two-variable, cubic autocatalator model with equal diffusivities of thespecies is described. The interplay between an unstable homogeneous state and propagating frontswhich return the system to that state gives rise to a reinjection mechanism for chaotic behavior. Extremesensitivity to initial conditions in both space and time and a rapid falloff of the spatial correlationfunction are exhibited in the chaotic regime.
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