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Bistable media consist of elements that have two steady states which are stable under sufficiently small perturbations. Stronger perturbations can cause transitions between these states. The fundamental form of a pattern in bistable media is a trigger wave, which represents a propagating front of transition from one stationary state into the other. The propagation velocity of a flat front is uniquely determined by the properties of the bistable medium. To initiate a spreading wave of transition from a homogeneous steady state, one should create a local perturbation which exceeds a critical nucleus for the bistable medium.
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Mikhailov, A.S. (1990). Bistable Media. In: Foundations of Synergetics I. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 51. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97269-0_2
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