Pinning of a kink in a Nonlinear Diffusive Medium with a Geometrical bifurcation: Theory and Experiments
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(Dated: June 8, 2002) We study the dynamics of a kink propagating in a Nagumo chain presenting a geometrical bifurcation. In the case of weak couplings, we define analytically and numerically the coupling conditions leading to the pinning of the kink at the bifurcation site. Moreover, real experiments using a nonlinear electrical lattice confirm the theoretical and numerical predictions. PACS numbers: 82.40.Ck, 47.35+i, 47.54.+r
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عنوان ژورنال:
- I. J. Bifurcation and Chaos
دوره 14 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004