Phase-field theory for Fitzhugh-Nagumo-type systems

In this paper, we study the asymptotics of Fitzhugh–Nagumo-type systems of reaction-diffusion equations with bistable nonlinearity. In the limit, we obtain an interface moving with normal velocity determined by the dynamics and the scaling.

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