Patterns of spiral wave attenuation by low-frequency periodic planar fronts

Chaos

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  De La Casa, Miguel A ^a   De La Javier Rubia, F ^a   Ivanov, Plamen Ch ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b USA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

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EID: 34047189658     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2404640     Document Type: Article

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