Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 224101 (2008) [4 pages]Interaction of Spiral Waves in the Complex Ginzburg-Landau EquationReceived 22 July 2008; published 25 November 2008 Solutions of the general cubic complex Ginzburg-Landau equation comprising multiple spiral waves are considered, and laws of motion for the centers are derived. The direction of the motion changes from along the line of centers to perpendicular to the line of centers as the separation increases, with the strength of the interaction algebraic at small separations and exponentially small at large separations. The corresponding asymptotic wave number and frequency are also determined, which evolve slowly as the spirals move. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.224101
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.224101
PACS:
05.45.−a, 42.65.−k, 74.20.De
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