Scroll wave turbulence

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Author: Dr. Vadim N. Biktashev, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool

Self-sustained regime in excitable media mediated by three-dimensional instability of scroll waves.

Contents

Overview

The concept of filament tension

Examples of systems with negative filament tension

SWT mediated by negative filament tension

SWT due to twisted anisotropy

SWT as a mechanism of fibrillation?

For authors