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Universal wavenumber selection laws in apical growth

arXiv:1602.02281 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.94.022219

Abstract

We study pattern-forming dissipative systems in growing domains. We characterize classes of boundary conditions that allow for defect-free growth and derive universal scaling laws for the wavenumber in the bulk of the domain. Scalings are based on a description of striped patterns in semi-bounded domains via strain-displacement relations. We compare predictions with direct simulations in the Swift-Hohenberg, the Complex Ginzburg-Landau, the Cahn-Hilliard, and reaction-diffusion equations.

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