TY - JOUR A1 - Karolyi, G. A1 - Tel, Tomas A1 - de Moura, A. P. S. A1 - Grebogi, Celso T1 - Reactive particles in random flows N2 - We study the dynamics of chemically or biologically active particles advected by open flows of chaotic time dependence, which can be modeled by a random time dependence of the parameters on a stroboscopic map. We develop a general theory for reactions in such random flows, and derive the reaction equation for this case. We show that there is a singular enhancement of the reaction in random flows, and this enhancement is increased as compared to the nonrandom case. We verify our theory in a model flow generated by four point vortices moving chaotically Y1 - 2004 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/15068 SN - 0031-9007 ER -