Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Editors-in-Chief: A. Doelman Fac. der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Mathematisch Instituut, Universiteit Leiden, P.O. Box 9512, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands, Joceline Lega Dept. of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA, Fax: +1 520 621 8322, Editors: M. Brenner Div. of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 33 Oxford Street, Eng. Sci. Lab 422, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA, J. Bronski Dept. of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1409 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801-2975, USA, S. Coombes School of Mathetmatical Science, Centre for Mathematical Medicine and Biology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK, J.H.P. Dawes Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, The Avenue, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK, H. Dijkstra Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Universiteit Utrecht, Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, Netherlands, J. Garnier Lab. de Probabilites et Modeles Aleatoires & Lab. Jacques-Louis Lions, Université Denis Diderot (Paris VII), 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris, France, K. Josic Dept. of Mathematics, University of Houston, 651 PGH, Houston, TX 77204-3008, USA, S. Kai Dept. of Applied Quantum Physics & Nuclear Engineering, Div. of Applied Physics, Kyushu University, 812-8581 Fukuoka, Japan, D. Lohse Dept. of Applied Physics, Physics of Fluids Group, Universiteit Twente, Postbus 217, 7500 AE Enschede, Netherlands, I. Melbourne Dept. of Mathematics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK, A.S. Mikhailov Abt. Physikalische Chemie, Fritz Haber Institut der Max Planck Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Y. Nishiura Lab. of Nonlinear Studies and Computation, Research Inst. for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Kita12jonishi Kita-Ku, 060-0812 Sapporo, Japan, A. Pikovsky Dept. of Physics, Universität Potsdam, Am Neuen Palais, 14469 Potsdam, Germany, K. Promislow Dept. of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA, V.M. Pérez García Edificio Politecnico, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Avda. Camilo Jose Cela, 3, Ciudad Real, Spain, B. Sandstede Div. of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, 182 George Street, Providence, RI 02912, USA, T. Sauer Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA, G. Stepan Dept. of Applied Mechanics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Muegyetem rkp 3, H-1521 Budapest, Hungary, R. Temam Dept. of Mathematics, Indiana University, Rawles Hall; 831 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA, E.S. Titi Dept. of Mathematics, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-3875, USA, Massimo. Vergassola Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris, France, T. Wanner Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA, Honorary Editors: H. Flaschka Dept. of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA, C. Jones Dept. of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#3250, Phillips Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA, A.C. Newell Dept. of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA