GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES

OSCILLATIONS AND DYNAMIC INSTABILITIES IN CHEMICAL SYSTEMS

PLYMOUTH STATE COLLEGE SOUTH, PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE

July 22-25, 1985

Chairman:   Richard Noyes

Monday, July 22

Rotating Waves                                                           J. J. Tyson, Discussion Leader

Spiral Waves: Theory                                               J. Keener

Scroll Waves                                                               A. T. Winfree

Wave Propagation in Liquid Systems -                      M. Marek, Discussion Leader

Possibilities of New Experiments

Two-Dimensional Spectrophotometric                      S. C. Müller, T. Plesser, and B. Hess

Measurements of Spiral Propagation in

The BZ Reaction

MONDAY EVENING

New Oscillatory Reactions: The Design                  I. R. Epstein, Discussion Leader

of Chemical Oscillators

Oscillatory Oxidations of Organic Molecules M. Roelofs

The Methylene Blue-Sulfide Ion-Oxygen                  R. J. Field

Oscillator in CSTR

Sulfur-BasedHydrogen Peroxide Oscillators              M. Orban

Tuesday, July 23, 1985

Periodic Perturbations: Effects of Periodic               F. W. Schneider, Discussion Leader

Perturbations

Periodic Length Perturbations of Muscle                   B. F. Gray

Periodic Perturbations of Chemical Reactions            S. Pugh

Discrimination Between Quasi-Periodic                     M. Markus

Oscillations and Chaos in Glycolysis

Coupled Oscillators: Large Numbers of                  G. B. Ermentrout, Discussion Leader

Coupled Oscillators

Electrically Coupled BZ Oscillators                           M. Crowley

Stability of Coupled Oscillators                                 K. Bar-Eli

TUESDAY EVENING

Chaotic Behavior: Models and Experiments J. L. Hudson, Discussion Leader

on Chaos in Chemical Reactors

Applications of the Theory of Dynamical                 J. C. Roux

Systems in Chemical Kinetics

Chaos in Chemical Systems                                        L. M. Pismen

Multiplicity in a Chemical Reaction                           W. D. McCormick

with One-Dimensional Dynamics

Stability Properties of the Peroxidase-                       L. F. Olsen

Oxidase Reaction Model

Wednesday, July 24, 1985

Biochemical Systems: General Introduction             B. Hess, Discussion Leader

Recent Developments and Problems                          T. Plesser

Complex Time Pattern in Glycolysis                         M. Markus

Glytolytic Oscillations and Their                               S. C. Müller

Coupling with Spatial Patterns

Biochemical Oscillations in the Slime             A. Goldbeter

Mold Dictostelium discoideum

Physiological Systems: Instabilities in                     P. E. Rapp, Discussion Leader

Living Organisms

Cross-Coupling and Chaos in Excitable                      A. V. Holden

Membranes and Tissues

A Model for Cyclic AMP Oscillations in                  P. B. Monk

Dictostelium discoideum Suspensions

Efficiency of Biological Engines                                 M. Schell

WEDNESDAY EVENING

SHORT PRESENTATIONS:   K. Showalter

Relaxation Kinetics and Critical Phenomena              G. Dewel

in Bistable Chemical Systems

Experiments on Bifurcations of Complex                   J. Maselko

Periodic Oscillations

The Response of a Simple Chemical System             J. H. Merkin

to Periodic Fluctuations Near a Point of

Hopf Bifurcation

Micellar Effects on Ru(bpy)₃²⁺ Catalyzed BZ          L. Romsted

Oscillations

Bromate Oscillators:  Elucidation of the Source         E. Koros

Of Bromide Ion and Modification of the

Chemical Mechanism

Hydrogen Ion Oscillators                                           M. T. Beck

Isothermal Interpretation of Oscillatory                    J. Griffiths

Ignition in Simple Gaseous, Chain-Branching

Reactions in a CSTR

The Influence of Periodic Perturbations on                W. Geiseler

Limit Cycle Oscillations Arising in the

Continuous Solution Polymerization of Vinyl

Acetate

Irregular Relaxation to Limit Cycle under                   Z. Schelly

Repetitive-Stopped-Flow

Isothermal Autocatalysis:  Gaps Between                 P. Gray

Models and Reality

Thursday, July 25, 1985

Fluctuations at Critical Points: Fluctuations                        J. Keizer, Discussion Leader

and Light Scattering from Growing Ice Crystals

Can Quantum Systems Exhibit Intrinsic Noise?        R. Fox

Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics              J. Ross, Discussion Leader

Experiments and Theory Related to Multiple                        J. Ross and K. L. C. Hunt

Stationary States

Relaxation Behavior in a Bistable Chemical                K. Showalter

System Near the Critical Point and Hysteresis

Limit

THURSDAY EVENING

Bifurcation Theory and Computation -                      E. Doedel, Discussion Leader

Numerical Methods for Bifurcation Problems

The Computation of Singular Points                          A. Jepson

Friday, July 26, 1985

Heterogeneous Catalysts                                            R. A. Schmitz, Discussion Leader

Instabilities in Heterogeneous Catalysis -                  L. F. Razon, J. R. Brown and

An Overview                                                              R. A. Schmitz

In-Situ IR Study During Oscillations of the               D. Bocker and E. Wicke

Catalytic CO Oxidation

Constraints on Permissible Mechanisms -                 R. M. Noyes, Discussion Leader

Stoichiometric and Thermodynamic Constraints

on Complex Chemical Mechanisms

Detailed Balance in Chemical Systems                       P. Gray