Anomalous Dispersion and Pulse Interaction in an Excitable Surface Reaction

J. Christoph, M. Eiswirth, N. Hartmann, R. Imbihl, I. Kevrekidis, and M. Bär
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1586 – Published 15 February 1999
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Abstract

Experiments on the catalytic reduction of NO with CO on a Pt(100) surface reveal attractive interaction between pulses leading to the eventual merging of two pulses to a single one. The results can be reproduced with a realistic reaction-diffusion model which yields a negative slope in the dispersion relation over a large range of the interpulse distance.

  • Received 5 January 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.1586

©1999 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

J. Christoph and M. Eiswirth

  • Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany

N. Hartmann and R. Imbihl

  • Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Electrochemie, Universität Hannover, Callinstrasse 3-3a, D-30167 Hannover, Germany

I. Kevrekidis

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

M. Bär

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Nöthnitzer Sraße 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany

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Vol. 82, Iss. 7 — 15 February 1999

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