Interaction of Ising-Bloch fronts with Dirichlet boundaries

We study the Ising-Bloch bifurcation in two systems, the complex Ginzburg Landau equation (CGLE) and a FitzHugh Nagumo (FN) model in the presence of spatial inhomogeneity introduced by Dirichlet boundary conditions. It is seen that the interaction of fronts with boundaries is similar in both systems...

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Published in:Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, 2004-09, Vol.70 (3 Pt 2), p.036218-036218, Article 036218
Main Authors: Yadav, A, Browne, D A
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Language:English
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Summary:We study the Ising-Bloch bifurcation in two systems, the complex Ginzburg Landau equation (CGLE) and a FitzHugh Nagumo (FN) model in the presence of spatial inhomogeneity introduced by Dirichlet boundary conditions. It is seen that the interaction of fronts with boundaries is similar in both systems, establishing the generality of the Ising-Bloch bifurcation. We derive reduced dynamical equations for the FN model that explain front dynamics close to the boundary. We find that front dynamics in a highly nonadiabatic (slow front) limit is controlled by fixed points of the reduced dynamical equations, that occur close to the boundary.
ISSN:1539-3755
1550-2376
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.70.036218