Controlling pulse stability in singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion systems

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to investigate the use of Pyragas control on the stability of stationary, localised coherent structures in a general class of two-component, singularly perturbed, reaction-diffusion systems. We use noninvasive Pyragas-like proportional feedback control to stabilise a singular pulse solution to a two-component, singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion system. We show that in a significant region of parameter space, the control can be adjusted to stabilise an otherwise unstable pulse.

arXiv comment11 pages, 5 figures