title: More than Skew: Asymmetric Wave Propagation in a Reaction-Diffusion-Convection System.
abstract: Convection-induced instability in reaction-diffusion systems produces complicated patterns of oscillations behind propagating wavefronts. We transform the system twice: into lambda-omega form, then into polar variables. We find analytical estimates for the wavefront speed which we confirm numerically. Our previous work examined a simpler system [E. H. Flach, S. Schnell, and J. Norbury, Phys. Rev. E 76, 036216 (2007)]; the onset of instability is qualitatively different in numerical solutions of this system. We modify our estimates and connect the two different behaviours. Our estimate explains how the Turing instability fits with pattern found in reaction-diffusion-convection systems. Our results can have important applications to the pattern formation analysis of biological systems.
authors.affiliation: Integrated Mathematical Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Flach
authors.affiliation: Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, 24-29 St Giles', Oxford, OX1 3LB, UK.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Norbury
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics and Brehm Center for Diabetes Research, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schnell
keywords: Schnakenberg; convection; limit cycle; reaction-diffusion; travelling wave