TY - JOUR
T1 - Bifurcation characteristics and spatial patterns in an integro-differential equation
AU - Toko, Kiyoshi
AU - Yamafuji, K.
PY - 1990/9/1
Y1 - 1990/9/1
N2 - Spatial patterns are studied in reaction-diffusion systems where chemical reactions are coupled with diffusion. An integro-differential equation is obtained when the inhibitor has a much larger reaction rate than the activator. The periodic spatial pattern near the bifurcation point βc is described with a time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation derived using a perturbative method, which can be applied to the situation where the amplitude of the patterned solution develops gradually and also where it appears discontinuously at βc. Furthermore, a new type of potential is proposed to explain comprehensively the mechanisms of the bifurcation and the localized spatial pattern appearing very far from equilibrium. Since the potential is constructed from two internal variables, the bifurcation can be understood from the analogy with the first-order phase transition in equilibrium systems, and at the same time the appearance of patterns is shown to be analogous with the phase separation. The theoretical results are compared with numerical calculations.
AB - Spatial patterns are studied in reaction-diffusion systems where chemical reactions are coupled with diffusion. An integro-differential equation is obtained when the inhibitor has a much larger reaction rate than the activator. The periodic spatial pattern near the bifurcation point βc is described with a time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation derived using a perturbative method, which can be applied to the situation where the amplitude of the patterned solution develops gradually and also where it appears discontinuously at βc. Furthermore, a new type of potential is proposed to explain comprehensively the mechanisms of the bifurcation and the localized spatial pattern appearing very far from equilibrium. Since the potential is constructed from two internal variables, the bifurcation can be understood from the analogy with the first-order phase transition in equilibrium systems, and at the same time the appearance of patterns is shown to be analogous with the phase separation. The theoretical results are compared with numerical calculations.
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U2 - 10.1016/0167-2789(90)90158-L
DO - 10.1016/0167-2789(90)90158-L
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:22244469757
VL - 44
SP - 459
EP - 470
JO - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
JF - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
SN - 0167-2789
IS - 3
ER -