Dynamics of Scroll Wave in a Three-Dimensional System with Changing Gradient

Xiao-Ping Yuan, Jiang-Xing Chen, Ye-Hua Zhao, Gui-Quan Liu and He-Ping Ying

PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-10

Abstract: The dynamics of a scroll wave in an excitable medium with gradient excitability is studied in detail. Three parameter regimes can be distinguished by the degree of gradient. For a small gradient, the system reaches a simple rotating synchronization. In this regime, the rigid rotating velocity of spiral waves is maximal in the layers with the highest filament twist. As the excitability gradient increases, the scroll wave evolutes into a meandering synchronous state. This transition is accompanied by a variation in twisting rate. Filament twisting may prevent the breakup of spiral waves in the bottom layers with a low excitability with which a spiral breaks in a 2D medium. When the gradient is large enough, the twisted filament breaks up, which results in a semi-turbulent state where the lower part is turbulent while the upper part contains a scroll wave with a low twisting filament.

Date: 2016
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