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We consider a reaction-diffusion system in crossed electric and magnetic fields lying on the reaction plane. It is shown that a charge separation along the direction normal to the reaction plane resulting in a diffusional flux may cause a differential flow induced chemical instability and stationary pattern formation on a homogeneous steady state. This pattern is generically different from a Turing pattern modified by the crossed fields. The special role of magnetic field is emphasized. Our theoretical analysis is corroborated by numerical simulation on a reaction-diffusion system in three dimensions.
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Riaz, S., Banarjee, S., Kar, S. et al. Pattern formation in reaction-diffusion system in crossed electric and magnetic fields . Eur. Phys. J. B 53, 509–515 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2006-00402-8
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