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.