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Running pulses of complex shape in a reaction-diffusion model.

E S Lobanova·F I Ataullakhanov
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In a one-dimensional reaction-diffusion model of an active medium, stable steady-state wave pulses of a new type are described. They are called multihumped because their waveforms contain several maxima of similar size. Presumably, the multihumped pulses arise via a bifurcation at which an unstable trigger wave disappears. The parameter governing this bifurcation is the diffusion coefficient for the model inhibitor. The model is analyzed by varying this parameter to determine the conditions for the emergence of multihumped pulses. The results of this analysis show how their waveform and dynamics of excitation depend on the inhibitor diffusion coefficient.

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E S Lobanova, F I Ataullakhanov. 2004-08-26. Running pulses of complex shape in a reaction-diffusion model.. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.93.098303

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