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A new kind of spiral wave embraces disorder

In the widening gyre, the center doesn’t hold

3-D simulation of a spiral wave

SAY YES TO THE MESS  A new type of spiral wave has a disordered center. For the first time, a spiral wave chimera (shown in 3-D in a computer simulation) has been created in a laboratory.

Jan F. Totz

By Emily Conover

- More than 2 years ago

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