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Excitable Media

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Foundations of Synergetics I

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Synergetics ((SSSYN,volume 51))

Abstract

An element of an excitable medium returns to its initial state of rest after a burst of activity initiated by a supercritical external perturbation. The role of such a perturbation can be played by a diffusional flow from the neighboring elements of the medium. This results in propagation of a travelling excitation pulse.

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Mikhailov, A.S. (1990). Excitable Media. In: Foundations of Synergetics I. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 51. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78556-6_3

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