title: Subcritical wave instability in reaction-diffusion systems.
abstract: We report an example of subcritical wave instability in a model of a reaction-diffusion system and discuss the potential implications for localized patterns found in experiments on the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction in a microemulsion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Volen Center for Complex Systems, MS 015, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9110, USA.
authors.forename: Vladimir K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Vanag
authors.forename: Irving R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Epstein