Davidsen, Zhan (2008)

Authors: Jörn Davidsen, Meng Zhan, and Ray Kapral
Published in: Physical Review Letters 101, 208302 (November 11, 2008)
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Filament-induced surface defect-mediated turbulence in bounded three-dimensional (3D) excitable media is investigated in the regime of negative line tension. In this regime turbulence arises due to unstable filaments associated with scroll waves and is purely a 3D phenomenon. It is shown that the statistical properties of the turbulent defect dynamics can be used to distinguish surface defect-mediated turbulence from its 2D analog. Mechanisms for the creation and annihilation of surface defects are discussed and Markov rate equations are employed to model the results.

@article{davidsen2008fss,
title={{Filament-induced surface spiral turbulence in three -dimensional excitable media }},
author={Davidsen, J. and Zhan, M. and Kapral, R.},
journal={Physical Review Letters},
volume={101},
number={20},
pages={208302},
year={2008},
publisher={APS}
}