Resonant suppression of Turing patterns by periodic illumination
- art. no. 026101
Dolnik M, Zhabotinsky AM, Epstein IR
PHYSICAL REVIEW E
6302 (2): 6101-+, Part 2 FEB 2001
Abstract:
We study the resonant behavior of Turing. pattern suppression in a
model of the chlorine dioxide-iodine-malonic acid reaction with
periodic illumination. The results of simulations based on integration
of partial differential equations display resonance at the
frequency of autonomous oscillations in the corresponding well stirred
system. The resonance in Turing pattern suppression is
sharper at lower complexing agent concentration and is affected by
the waveform of the periodic driving force. Square wave
ton-off) periodic forcing is more effective in suppressing Turing patterns
than sinusoidal forcing. We compare the dynamics of
periodically forced Turing patterns with the dynamics of periodically
forced nonhomogeneous states in a system of two identical
coupled cells. Bifurcation analysis based on numerical continuation
of the latter system gives good predictions for the boundaries
of the major resonance regions of the periodically forced patterns.