Speaker:
Prof. Lenya Ryzhik
Institution:
University of Chicago
Time:
Monday, May 9, 2005 - 4:00pm
Location:
MSTB 122
I will describe some recent results on front propagation in a fluid flow in the Boussinesq approximation. A reaction-diffusion-advection equation is coupled to the fluid flow equation by a temperature dependent buoyancy force. We show that the problem admits non-planar travelling front solutions and that the fluid coupling speeds up the fronts.