A. Belmonte and J.-M. Flesselles 1995 Europhys. Lett. 32 267 doi:10.1209/0295-5075/32/3/013
A. Belmonte and J.-M. Flesselles
Show affiliationsWe present an experimental study of the motion of a rotating spiral in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction in an "almost open" reactor, under the influence of a constant external current. We provide a simple model based on symmetries to explain the previous experimental observations, but show that it is unable to describe the true motion of a spiral. The motion of a spiral cannot be reduced to that of its centre: global deformation modes must also be taken into account.
05.70.Ln Nonequilibrium and irreversible thermodynamics
82.40.Ck Pattern formation in reactions with diffusion, flow and heat transfer
Issue 3 (20 October 1995)
Received 22 May 1995
A. Belmonte and J.-M. Flesselles 1995 Europhys. Lett. 32 267
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