Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.104, No.49, 11566-11577, 2000
Pattern formation in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction with photochemical global feedback
We have found a variety of oscillating patterns in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction-diffusion system with global negative feedback. Bulk oscillations and wave patterns arise at low values of the feedback strength. When the feedback exceeds a critical value, cluster patterns arise. Besides the standing, irregular, and localized clusters observed earlier, we have found new types of clusters: three-phase, localized irregular, and localized oscillatory clusters. A model of three identical Oregonators with global negative coupling yields the same bifurcation scenario as found in our experiments.