Pattern formation in reaction-diffusion system in crossed electric and magnetic fields

S. S. Riaz, S. Banarjee, S. Kar and D. S. Ray ()

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2006, vol. 53, issue 4, 509-515

Abstract: We consider a reaction-diffusion system in crossed electric and magnetic fields lying on the reaction plane. It is shown that a charge separation along the direction normal to the reaction plane resulting in a diffusional flux may cause a differential flow induced chemical instability and stationary pattern formation on a homogeneous steady state. This pattern is generically different from a Turing pattern modified by the crossed fields. The special role of magnetic field is emphasized. Our theoretical analysis is corroborated by numerical simulation on a reaction-diffusion system in three dimensions. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2006

Keywords: 82.40.Ck Pattern formation in reactions with diffusion, flow and heat transfer, 47.54.-r Pattern selection; pattern formation, 05.45.-a Nonlinear dynamics and chaos, (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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