Resonance pacemakers in excitable media |
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Authors: | Chigwada Tabitha Ruvarashe Parmananda P Showalter Kenneth |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6045, USA. |
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Abstract: | Chemical waves are initiated in an excitable medium by resonance with local periodic forcing of the excitability. Experiments are carried out with a photosensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium, in which the excitability is varied according to the intensity of the imposed illumination. Complex resonance patterns are exhibited as a function of the amplitude and frequency of the forcing. Local resonance-induced wave initiation transforms the medium globally from a quiescent excitable steady state to a periodic state of successive traveling waves. |
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