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. 1999 Jun;25(2-3):115–127. doi: 10.1023/A:1005134901624

Resonant Drift of Spiral Waves in the Complex Ginzburg-Landau Equation

Irina V Biktasheva 1, Yury E Elkin 1, Vadim N Biktashev 1
PMCID: PMC3455966  PMID: 23345692

Abstract

Weak periodic external perturbations of an autowave medium can cause large-distance directed motion of the spiral wave. This happens when the period of the perturbation coincides with, or is close to the rotation period of a spiral wave, or its multiple. Such motion is called resonant or parametric drift. It may be used for low-voltage defibrillation of heart tissue. Theory of the resonant drift exists, but so far was used only qualitatively. In this paper, we show good quantitative agreement of the theory with direct numerical simulations. This is done for Complex Ginzburg-Landau Equation, one of the simplest autowave models.

Keywords: Response functions, Resonant drift, Parametric drift, Asymptotics, Spiral waves, Oscillatory medium, Autowaves, Reaction-diffusion System

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