Spatiotemporal chaos and nonequilibrium transitions in a model excitable medium

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 6448-6460

  Pande, Ashwin ^a   Pandit, Rahul ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHAOS THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLATINUM; POINT DEFECTS;

NEUMANN BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NONEQUILIBRIUM TRANSITIONS; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHAOS;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EXCITABLE MEDIUM; NEUMANN BOUNDARY CONDITION; NONEQUILIBRIUM TRANSITION; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHAOS; STABILITY DIAGRAM; TRANSITION LINES; TURBULENT STATE;

EID: 0034206357     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.6448     Document Type: Article

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