Projektnummer

0054983

Zusammenfassung

The aim of this project is to develop a theoretical understanding of the generation and termination of very intense but localized structures in spatially extended excitable systems with applications to two particular extreme events, namely harmful algal blooms in the ocean and epileptic seizures in the human brain. The mechanisms and conditions relevant for the generation and termination of extreme events will be evaluated depending on intrinsic local excitability properties, on spatial coupling properties, and on heterogeneities in space. Besides the usual excitable models a novel typ...