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The diffusion limited reaction A+B→0 in sufficiently low dimensions results in macroscopically self-regregated systems with anomalous reaction rate laws. When the chemical mixture is embedded in a fluctuating velocity field having statistics mimicking “turbulent diffusion” the effects of spatial inhomogeneities are washed out and the classical global reaction rate laws in three dimensions result.
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Deering, W.D., West, B.J. A model of turbulent mixing in the A+B→0 reaction. J Stat Phys 65, 1247–1260 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01049610
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