Abstract
We show that pulsatory patterns arise in thin active films in which two chemical species regulate active stress. The regulating species diffuse within the film and are advected by self-generated flows resulting from active stress gradients. Spontaneous pulsatory patterns emerge when the following conditions are met: (i) the fast-diffusing species up-regulates and the slow-diffusing species down-regulates active stress, or (ii) the active stress up-regulator turns over faster compared to the active stress down-regulator. Our study, motivated by pulsatory patterns in the actomyosin cortex in cells and tissues, provides a simple generic mechanism for oscillatory patterns in active fluids.
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