Wave propagation in a medium with disordered excitability

The effect of quenched disorder on the propagation of autowaves in excitable media is studied both experimentally and numerically in relation to the light-sensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. The spatial disorder is introduced through a random distribution with two different levels of transmitta...

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Autores: Sendiña-Nadal, I., Pérez Muñuzuri, Alberto, Vives, D., Pérez Muñuzuri, Vicente, Casademunt, Jaume, Ramírez de la Piscina Millán, Laureano|||0000-0003-4019-245X, Sancho, Jose Maria, Sagués Mestre, Francesc
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1998
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/16977
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Waves
Chemical waves
Disorder
Excitable media
Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
Ones
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Mecànica quàntica
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spelling Wave propagation in a medium with disordered excitabilitySendiña-Nadal, I.Pérez Muñuzuri, AlbertoVives, D.Pérez Muñuzuri, VicenteCasademunt, JaumeRamírez de la Piscina Millán, Laureano|||0000-0003-4019-245XSancho, Jose MariaSagués Mestre, FrancescWavesChemical wavesDisorderExcitable mediaBelousov-Zhabotinsky reactionOnesOnesÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Mecànica quànticaThe effect of quenched disorder on the propagation of autowaves in excitable media is studied both experimentally and numerically in relation to the light-sensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. The spatial disorder is introduced through a random distribution with two different levels of transmittance. In one dimension the (time-averaged) wave speed is smaller than the corresponding to a homogeneous medium with the mean excitability. Contrarily, in two dimensions the velocity increases due to the roughening of the front. Results are interpreted using kinematic and scaling arguments. In particular, for d ­ 2 we verify a theoretical prediction of a power-law dependence for the relative change of the propagation speed on the disorder amplitude.Peer ReviewedAmerican Physical Society19981998-06-3020122012-11-20journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AOhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_b1a7d7d4d402bcceinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/16977reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/169772026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Wave propagation in a medium with disordered excitability
title Wave propagation in a medium with disordered excitability
spellingShingle Wave propagation in a medium with disordered excitability
Sendiña-Nadal, I.
Waves
Chemical waves
Disorder
Excitable media
Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
Ones
Ones
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Mecànica quàntica
title_short Wave propagation in a medium with disordered excitability
title_full Wave propagation in a medium with disordered excitability
title_fullStr Wave propagation in a medium with disordered excitability
title_full_unstemmed Wave propagation in a medium with disordered excitability
title_sort Wave propagation in a medium with disordered excitability
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sendiña-Nadal, I.
Pérez Muñuzuri, Alberto
Vives, D.
Pérez Muñuzuri, Vicente
Casademunt, Jaume
Ramírez de la Piscina Millán, Laureano|||0000-0003-4019-245X
Sancho, Jose Maria
Sagués Mestre, Francesc
author Sendiña-Nadal, I.
author_facet Sendiña-Nadal, I.
Pérez Muñuzuri, Alberto
Vives, D.
Pérez Muñuzuri, Vicente
Casademunt, Jaume
Ramírez de la Piscina Millán, Laureano|||0000-0003-4019-245X
Sancho, Jose Maria
Sagués Mestre, Francesc
author_role author
author2 Pérez Muñuzuri, Alberto
Vives, D.
Pérez Muñuzuri, Vicente
Casademunt, Jaume
Ramírez de la Piscina Millán, Laureano|||0000-0003-4019-245X
Sancho, Jose Maria
Sagués Mestre, Francesc
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Waves
Chemical waves
Disorder
Excitable media
Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
Ones
Ones
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Mecànica quàntica
topic Waves
Chemical waves
Disorder
Excitable media
Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
Ones
Ones
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Mecànica quàntica
description The effect of quenched disorder on the propagation of autowaves in excitable media is studied both experimentally and numerically in relation to the light-sensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. The spatial disorder is introduced through a random distribution with two different levels of transmittance. In one dimension the (time-averaged) wave speed is smaller than the corresponding to a homogeneous medium with the mean excitability. Contrarily, in two dimensions the velocity increases due to the roughening of the front. Results are interpreted using kinematic and scaling arguments. In particular, for d ­ 2 we verify a theoretical prediction of a power-law dependence for the relative change of the propagation speed on the disorder amplitude.
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