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

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 4005-4011

  Izus G ^a   Deza, R ^a   Wio, H S ^b   Borzi, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO BALSEIRO   (Argentina)

^c MONDITEC SA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; EVAPORATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR SYSTEM; FLUX OVER POPULATION METHOD; METASTABLE REST STATES; QUASIVARIATIONAL APPROXIMATION; STATIONARY PROBABILITY DENSITY;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

EID: 0031122083     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.55.4005     Document Type: Article

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