Abstract
We study spatial patterns excited byresonant, multifrequency forcing of systems near a Hopf bifurcation to spatially homogeneous oscillations. Our third-order, weakly nonlinear analysis shows that for small amplitudes only stripe patterns or hexagons (up and down) are linearly stable; for larger amplitudes rectangles and super-hexagons may become stable. Numerical simulations show, however, that in the latter regime the third-order analysis is insufficient: superhexagons are unstable. Instead large-amplitude hexagons can arise and be bistable with the weakly nonlinear hexagons.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 057202 |
Journal | Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics |
Volume | 76 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 9 2007 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Statistics and Probability
- Condensed Matter Physics