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View SchemaThe Active Traveling Wave in the Cochlea
| Authors | Thomas Duke, Frank Julicher |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0303024 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0303024 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.158101 |
Abstract
A sound stimulus entering the inner ear excites a deformation of the basilar membrane which travels along the cochlea towards the apex. It is well established that this wave-like disturbance is amplified by an active system. Recently, it has been proposed that the active system consists of a set of self-tuned critical oscillators which automatically operate at an oscillatory instability. Here, we show how the concepts of a traveling wave and of self-tuned critical oscillators can be combined to describe the nonlinear wave in the cochlea.
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