C2 - Spiral waves

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Title

C2 - Spiral waves

Description

Spiral waves, which evolved from the state shown in image C1 by self-organization after evaporation had been prevented. Similar patterns can be observed in slime molds, the flickering heart muscle, and the retina (compare M15 and C5)

Subject

Pattern formation (Physical sciences); Physics; Visualization; Nonlinear Dynamics; Pattern Formation; Chemical Waves; Reaction Diffusion Systems; Nonlinear Waves; Traveling Waves; Chemical Oscillations; Oscillating chemical reactions;

Relation

C1 - Chaos

Creator

Markus, Mario

Müller, Stefan C.

Plesser, Theo

Source

Dynamic Pattern Formation in Chemistry and Mathematics: Aesthetics in the Sciences: Catalogue of an Exhibition

Contributor

Müller, Stefan C; Plesser, Theo; Hess, Benno; Max-Planck-Institut für Ernährungsphysiologie Dortmund, West-Germany;

Markus, Mario;

Date

1988

Publisher

Laupenmühlen Druck, Bochum

Rights

Format

JPEG

Type

Still Image

Citation

Markus, Mario , Müller, Stefan C. , and Plesser, Theo , “C2 - Spiral waves,” History of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction, accessed April 19, 2024, https://woosterdigital.org/BZ-history/items/show/204.