Abstract
In a ferroin-catalyzed Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction-diffusion system with reagent concentration gradients, we observed in the experiment a type of spirals with local waves forming groups. Here, we propose an interpretation of the wave grouping phenomenon. The wave grouping mechanism can be well explained in terms of the cooperation of the excitability gradient and the Doppler effect induced by spiral tip's meandering. In the simulation based on three-dimensional reaction-diffusion system using Oregonator model, spiral patterns analogous to the experiment observation are well reproduced when the parameter gradient in the z direction is introduced.
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