Rotating spiral waves created by geometry.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
The Belousov-Zhabotinsky reagent and numerical simulations were used to show that under high-frequency stimuli, rotating spiral waves can be initiated in a homogeneous excitable medium in the vicinity of domain boundaries or inexcitable barriers with sharp corners.