The physics of heart rhythm disorders
WJ Rappel - Physics reports, 2022 - Elsevier
The global burden caused by cardiovascular disease is substantial, with heart disease
representing the most common cause of death around the world. There remains a need to …
representing the most common cause of death around the world. There remains a need to …
Defect turbulence and generalized statistical mechanics
We present experimental evidence that the motion of point defects in thermal convection
patterns in an inclined fluid layer is well described by Tsallis statistics with an entropic index …
patterns in an inclined fluid layer is well described by Tsallis statistics with an entropic index …
Observation of spiral pattern and spiral defect chaos in dielectric barrier discharge in argon/air at atmospheric pressure
L Dong, F Liu, S Liu, Y He, W Fan - … Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2005 - APS
A rich variety of spiral patterns such as single-armed spiral, dipole spirals, target pattern,
multiarmed spiral, and spiral defect chaos state have been observed in ac-driven …
multiarmed spiral, and spiral defect chaos state have been observed in ac-driven …
On the effective horizontal buoyancy in turbulent thermal convection generated by cell tilting
L Zhang, GY Ding, KQ ** of spiral waves in a cardiac model
WJ Rappel - Physical Review E, 2022 - APS
Spiral waves are found in many excitable systems and are thought to play a role in the
incoherent electrical activation that underlies cardiac arrhythmias. It is well-known that spiral …
incoherent electrical activation that underlies cardiac arrhythmias. It is well-known that spiral …
Quasiperiodicity route to spatiotemporal chaos in one-dimensional pattern-forming systems
We propose a route to spatiotemporal chaos for one-dimensional stationary patterns, which
is a natural extension of the quasiperiodicity route for low-dimensional chaos to extended …
is a natural extension of the quasiperiodicity route for low-dimensional chaos to extended …
Curvature fields, topology, and the dynamics of spatiotemporal chaos
NT Ouellette, JP Gollub - Physical review letters, 2007 - APS
The curvature field is measured from tracer-particle trajectories in a two-dimensional fluid
flow that exhibits spatiotemporal chaos and is used to extract the hyperbolic and elliptic …
flow that exhibits spatiotemporal chaos and is used to extract the hyperbolic and elliptic …
Defect-mediated turbulence in a catalytic surface reaction
We analyze the statistical properties of topological defects in an experimental reaction-
diffusion system—the catalytic CO oxidation on Pt (110). Based on the gain and loss rates of …
diffusion system—the catalytic CO oxidation on Pt (110). Based on the gain and loss rates of …
[HTML][HTML] Progress in turbulent thermal convection in the past decade and outlook
Turbulent convection is ubiquitous in nature and industry. Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard
convection (RBC) is a model system for studying various turbulent convection phenomena …
convection (RBC) is a model system for studying various turbulent convection phenomena …
Functional holography of recorded neuronal networks activity
We present a new approach for analyzing multi-channel recordings, such as ECoG
(electrocorticograph) recordings of cortical brain activity and of individual neuron dynamics …
(electrocorticograph) recordings of cortical brain activity and of individual neuron dynamics …