Synchronization of oscillating reactions in an extended fluid system.

نویسندگان

  • M S Paoletti
  • C R Nugent
  • T H Solomon
چکیده

We present experiments on the synchronization of a dynamical, chemical process in an extended, flowing, fluid system. The oscillatory Belousov-Zhabotinsky chemical reaction is the process studied, and the flow is an annular chain of counterrotating vortices. Azimuthal motion of the vortices is controlled externally, enabling us to vary the type of transport. We find that oscillations of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction synchronize throughout the extended fluid system only if transport in the flow is superdiffusive, with tracers in the flow undergoing rapid, distant jumps called Lévy flights.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 96 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006