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      BZ reaction, Oregonator model, limit cycle, chemical oscillations, spatio-temporal patterns.

    • Abstract

       

      In this article, we discuss the Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) reactionand its relation with the Oregonator model of chemicalreactions. The Oregonator model has a limit cycle, andthe BZ reaction shows chemical oscillations. We comparethe time series obtained from the Oregonator model, with thetime series obtained from an experimental study of the BZ reactionand show that the qualitative behaviour is similar. Wealso construct the limit cycle from the experimental data usingthe Takens’ embedding theorem and compare it with thelimit cycle from the Oregonator model. We conclude with ademonstration of the spatio-temporal patterns which can beseen in the two-dimensional version of this system.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      Abiya Rajans1 Neelima Gupte2 P C Deshmukh3

      1. Department of Physics Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Tirupati 517 607.
      2. Department of Physics Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600 036
      3. Department of Physics Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati Tirupati 517 506.
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