Is relaxation to equilibrium hindered by transient dissipative structures in closed systems?
| dc.creator | Awazu, Akinori | |
| dc.creator | Kaneko, Kunihiko | |
| dc.date | 2003-10-15 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T05:35:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T05:35:00Z | |
| dc.description | Dissipative structures are generally observed when a system relaxes from a far from equilibrium state. To address the reverse question given by the title, we investigate the relaxation process in a closed chemical reaction-diffusion system which can potentially form Turing-like patterns during the transient. We find that when certain conditions are fulfilled the relaxation process is indeed drastically hindered, once the pattern is formed. This slowing-down is shown to be due to stepwise relaxation, where each plateau in the relaxation process corresponds to residence at a certain spatial pattern. Universality of the phenomena as well as their biological relevance is briefly discussed. | |
| dc.description | 3 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0310018 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0310018 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/80579 | |
| dc.subject | Pattern Formation and Solitons | |
| dc.title | Is relaxation to equilibrium hindered by transient dissipative structures in closed systems? | |
| dc.type | text |