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Renormalization group approach to chemical instabilities

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The effects of inhomogeneous fluctuations on instabilities in non linear chemical models are studied using renormalization group techniques. The onset of non classical behaviour is discussed.

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  1. Service de Chimie Physique II, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine U.L.B. Bd. du Triomphe C.P. 231, B-1050, Bruxelles, Belgium

    G. Dewel, D. Walgraef & P. Borckmans

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Dewel, G., Walgraef, D. & Borckmans, P. Renormalization group approach to chemical instabilities. Z Physik B 28, 235–237 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01313046

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