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The effect of boundaries on the asymptotic wavenumber of spiral wave solutions of the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation

In this paper we consider an oscillatory medium whose dynamics are modeled by the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation. In particular, we focus on n-armed spiral wave solutions of the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation in a disk of radius d with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions. It is well-known that such solutions exist for small enough values of the twist parameter q and large enough values of d. We investigate the effect of boundaries on the rotational frequency of the spirals, which is an unknown of the problem uniquely determined by the parameters d and q. We show that there is a threshold in the parameter space where the effect of the boundary on the rotational frequency switches from being algebraic to exponentially weak. We use the method of matched asymptotic expansions to obtain explicit expressions for the asymptotic wavenumber as a function of the twist parameter and the domain size for small values of q

The author thanks S.J. Chapman and T. Witelski for stimulating discussions. M. Aguareles has been supported in part by grants from the Spanish Government (MTM2011-27739-C04-03), from the Catalan Government (2009SGR345) and also by Award No. KUK-C1-013-04, made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The author would also like to thank the center OCIAM of the University of Oxford where part of this research was carried out

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Elsevier

Director: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Espanya)
Generalitat de Catalunya. Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Autor: Aguareles Carrero, Maria
Data: 15 juny 2014
Resum: In this paper we consider an oscillatory medium whose dynamics are modeled by the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation. In particular, we focus on n-armed spiral wave solutions of the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation in a disk of radius d with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions. It is well-known that such solutions exist for small enough values of the twist parameter q and large enough values of d. We investigate the effect of boundaries on the rotational frequency of the spirals, which is an unknown of the problem uniquely determined by the parameters d and q. We show that there is a threshold in the parameter space where the effect of the boundary on the rotational frequency switches from being algebraic to exponentially weak. We use the method of matched asymptotic expansions to obtain explicit expressions for the asymptotic wavenumber as a function of the twist parameter and the domain size for small values of q
The author thanks S.J. Chapman and T. Witelski for stimulating discussions. M. Aguareles has been supported in part by grants from the Spanish Government (MTM2011-27739-C04-03), from the Catalan Government (2009SGR345) and also by Award No. KUK-C1-013-04, made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The author would also like to thank the center OCIAM of the University of Oxford where part of this research was carried out
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Accés al document: http://hdl.handle.net/10256/11225
Llenguatge: eng
Editor: Elsevier
Col·lecció: info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.physd.2014.03.007
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0167-2789
AGAUR/2009-2013/2014 SGR-345
És part de: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//MTM2011-27739-C04-03/ES/MODELIZACION MATEMATICA, BIOLOGIA TEORICA Y REDES COMPLEJAS/
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Matèria: Equacions diferencials no lineals
Equacions diferencials parcials
Differential equations, Partial
Differential equations, Nonlinear
Títol: The effect of boundaries on the asymptotic wavenumber of spiral wave solutions of the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation
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