Drift Laws for Spiral Waves on Curved Anisotropic Surfaces
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DOI10.1103/PHYSREVE.88.012908arXiv1301.5469WikidataQ46895366 ScholiaQ46895366MaRDI QIDQ6238972FDOQ6238972
Evelien Brisard, Hans Dierckx, Henri Verschelde, Alexander Panfilov
Publication date: 23 January 2013
Abstract: Rotating spiral waves organize spatial patterns in chemical, physical and biological excitable systems. Factors affecting their dynamics such as spatiotemporal drift are of great interest for par- ticular applications. Here, we propose a quantitative description for spiral wave dynamics on curved surfaces which shows that for a wide class of systems, including the BZ reaction and anisotropic cardiac tissue, the Ricci curvature scalar of the surface is the main determinant of spiral wave drift. The theory provides explicit equations for spiral wave drift direction, drift velocity and the period of rotation. Depending on the parameters, the drift can be directed to the regions of either maximal or minimal Ricci scalar curvature, which was verified by direct numerical simulations.
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