Spatiotemporal chaos and quasipatterns in coupled reaction–diffusion systems

Castelino, Jennifer K., Ratliff, Daniel, Rucklidge, Alastair M., Subramanian, Priya and Topaz, Chad M. (2020) Spatiotemporal chaos and quasipatterns in coupled reaction–diffusion systems. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 409. p. 132475. ISSN 0167-2789

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2020.132475

Abstract

In coupled reaction–diffusion systems, modes with two different length scales can interact to produce a wide variety of spatiotemporal patterns. Three-wave interactions between these modes can explain the occurrence of spatially complex steady patterns and time-varying states including spatiotemporal chaos. The interactions can take the form of two short waves with different orientations interacting with one long wave, or vice verse. We investigate the role of such three-wave interactions in a coupled Brusselator system. As well as finding simple steady patterns when the waves reinforce each other, we can also find spatially complex but steady patterns, including quasipatterns. When the waves compete with each other, time varying states such as spatiotemporal chaos are also possible. The signs of the quadratic coefficients in three-wave interaction equations distinguish between these two cases. By manipulating parameters of the chemical model, the formation of these various states can be encouraged, as we confirm through extensive numerical simulation. Our arguments allow us to predict when spatiotemporal chaos might be found: standard nonlinear methods fail in this case. The arguments are quite general and apply to a wide class of pattern-forming systems, including the Faraday wave experiment.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Turing patterns, Brusselator, Three-wave interactions, Quasipatterns, Spatiotemporal chaos
Subjects: F300 Physics
G100 Mathematics
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering
Depositing User: Elena Carlaw
Date Deposited: 15 Jul 2020 09:19
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2021 11:49
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/43777

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