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Modulated traveling waves in nonequilibrium systems: The ‘blinking state’

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Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter

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For the first time we give an explanation of the mechanism underlying the generation of modulated traveling wave states in nonequilibrium systems, frequently denoted as ‘blinking state’. The blinking state is generated by two nonlinearly interacting oscillatory modes with slightly different eigenfrequencies. Frequency locking between these modes generate spatial patterns experimentally known as ‘confined states’.

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik und Synergetik, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57/IV, D-7000, Stuttgart 80, Federal Republic of Germany

    M. Bestehorn, R. Friedrich & H. Haken

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Bestehorn, M., Friedrich, R. & Haken, H. Modulated traveling waves in nonequilibrium systems: The ‘blinking state’. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 77, 151–155 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01313632

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