https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-024-01146-x
Regular Article
Synchronization of corotating spirals anchored to heterogeneities in a chemical system
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, Guwahati, Assam, India
Received:
30
October
2023
Accepted:
2
March
2024
Published online:
18
March
2024
Synchronization is ubiquitous in nature and omnipresent in physical, chemical, and biological systems. Any network showcasing interaction beyond pairwise can be said to have a higher order interaction (HOI). Here, in this study, we examine the synchronization phenomena in chemical systems with the Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction. We study the interaction of corotating spiral waves pinned to unexcitable heterogeneities in a BZ system. We vary the distance between a pair of spirals and observe a transition in the synchronization behavior. We also carry out experiments for a three-rotor system forming a triangular network of corotating spirals. All three rotors reach a lag-synchronized state in this case. We perform simulations of a model system to study the synchronization behavior of the network of corotating spirals.
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