title: General theory of nonlinear flow-distributed oscillations.
abstract: We outline a general theory for the analysis of flow-distributed standing and traveling wave patterns in one-dimensional, open flows of oscillatory chemical media, emphasizing features that are generic to a variety of kinetic models. We draw particular attention to the cases far from a Hopf bifurcation and far from the so-called kinematic or zero-diffusion limit. We introduce a nonlinear formalism for both traveling and stationary waves and show that the wave forms and their amplitudes depend on a single reduced transport parameter that quantifies the departure from the kinematic limit. The nonlinear formalism can be applied to systems with more complex types of bifurcations (canards, period doublings, etc.).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6.
authors.forename: Patrick N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: McGraw
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Menzinger