Electric current control of spiral wave dynamics
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The control of spiral wave parameters by electric current was investigated in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction. It was found that the wavelength and the period of spiral waves increase by a factor of up to 3 with electric current (both dc and ac). Using this procedure spiral waves with a period higher than the period of medium bulk oscillations were observed. It was also found that hysteresis phenomena occur in the system considered. "
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