Wave-front dynamics in systems with directional anomalous diffusion

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2006 Oct;74(4 Pt 2):046116. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.046116. Epub 2006 Oct 27.

Abstract

In this paper we study the solutions of a generalized reaction-diffusion system with a bistable reaction term, and considering directional anomalous diffusion. We use the well-known properties of fractional derivatives to model asymmetric anomalous diffusion, and obtain traveling wave solutions that propagate in a direction that depends on the metastability of the front, the fractional exponent and the asymmetry of the diffusion.