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Adjustment of spiral drift by a travelling wave perturbation

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We apply a velocity-field approach to investigate the interaction between spiral waves and the travelling wave modulation of system excitability which leads to a prediction: the direction of the straight-line drift of spiral waves is linearly adjusted by the propagation direction of the travelling waves. Direct numerical computations of the Oregonator model and the formulas of drift-velocity field confirm the validity and robustness of our theoretical prediction.

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  1. Jiangsu Key Laboratory for NSLSCS, School of Mathematical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210046, China

    Ningjie Wu & Hongjun Gao

  2. Department of Physics, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050, China

    Jun Ma

  3. Institute of Modern Physics and Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China

    Heping Ying

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Wu, N., Gao, H., Ma, J. et al. Adjustment of spiral drift by a travelling wave perturbation. Nonlinear Dyn 67, 159–164 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-011-9967-8

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