The Generation of Dissipative Quasi-Particles near Turing's Bifurcation in Three-Dimensional Reaction-Diffusion Systems

A. W. Liehr, M. Bode and H.-G. Purwins

In order to model pattern formation processes in a dc driven semiconductor-gas discharge system on a phenomenological level, we investigate a three-component reaction-diffusion system of 1-activator-2-inhibitor-type. The solutions of this system show localized moving and stationary structures which interact by scattering, annihilation or more complex scenarios. Because of this particle-like behaviour the structures are called dissipative quasi-particles. This work deals with the generation mechanism of dissipative quasi-particles related to Turing's destabilisation of homogeneous states. Two- and three-dimensional simulations are shown and in the two-dimensional case compared with experimental results.

This article has been published in the book High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering 2000. Transactions of the High Performance Computing Center, Stuttgart (HLRS) 2000 , which was edited by E. Krause and W. Jäger.

It can be downloaded in Acrobat-Reader-Format with kindly acceptance of Springer-Verlag. The copyright remains at the publisher.

2001/09/20, Andreas W. Liehr
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