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The dynamics of spiral waves interacting with an impermeable boundary of an excitable medium is investigated. Experimental data on spiral waves rotating in a small piece of an excitable medium are presented. A wide variety of spatio-temporal scenarios of the spiral wave placed into a small disk is observed in computer simulations using a reaction-diffusion system. A simplified kinematical model describing wave fronts that move in the vicinity of an impermeable boundary is elaborated and used to analyze both stationary and nonstationary dynamic regimes.
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Müller, S.C., Warda, A., Zykov, V.S. (1995). Spiral Waves in Bounded Excitable Media. In: Mosekilde, E., Mouritsen, O.G. (eds) Modelling the Dynamics of Biological Systems. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 65. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79290-8_2
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