Pattern formation in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
with photochemical global feedback
Vanag VK, Zhabotinsky AM, Epstein IR
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A
104 (49): 11566-11577 DEC 14 2000
Abstract:
We have found a variety of oscillating patterns in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky
(BZ) reaction-diffusion system with global negative
feedback. Bulk oscillations and wave patterns arise at low values of
the feedback strength. When the feedback exceeds a critical
value, cluster patterns arise. Besides the standing, irregular, and
localized clusters observed earlier, we have found new types of
clusters: three-phase, localized irregular, and localized oscillatory
clusters. A model of three identical Oregonators with global
negative coupling yields the same bifurcation scenario as found in
our experiments.