Chaos in symmetric phase oscillator networks

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Contributors

  • Christian Bick - , Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, University of Göttingen (Author)
  • Marc Timme - , Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, University of Göttingen (Author)
  • Danilo Paulikat - , University of Göttingen (Author)
  • Dirk Rathlev - , University of Göttingen (Author)
  • Peter Ashwin - , University of Exeter (Author)

Abstract

Phase-coupled oscillators serve as paradigmatic models of networks of weakly interacting oscillatory units in physics and biology. The order parameter which quantifies synchronization so far has been found to be chaotic only in systems with inhomogeneities. Here we show that even symmetric systems of identical oscillators may not only exhibit chaotic dynamics, but also chaotically fluctuating order parameters. Our findings imply that neither inhomogeneities nor amplitude variations are necessary to obtain chaos; i.e., nonlinear interactions of phases give rise to the necessary instabilities.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number244101
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume107
Issue number24
Publication statusPublished - 9 Dec 2011
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

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ORCID /0000-0002-5956-3137/work/142242496

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