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Order parameter analysis of synchronization transitions on star networks

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems 2017-01-11 v1

Abstract

Collective behaviors of populations of coupled oscillators have attracted much attention in recent years. In this paper, an order parameter approach is proposed to study the low-dimensional dynam- ical mechanism of collective synchronizations by adopting the star-topology of coupled oscillators as a prototype system. The order parameter equation of star-linked phase oscillators can be obtained in terms of the Watanabe-Strogatz transformation, Ott-Antonsen ansatz, and the ensemble order parameter approach. Different solutions of the order parameter equation correspond to diverse col- lective states, and different bifurcations reveal various transitions among these collective states. The properties of various transitions are revealed in the star-network model by using tools of nonlinear dynamics such as time reversibility analysis and linear stability analysis.

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@article{arxiv.1701.02592,
  title  = {Order parameter analysis of synchronization transitions on star networks},
  author = {Hongbin Chen and Yuting Sun and Jian Gao and Can Xu and Zhigang Zheng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.02592},
  year   = {2017}
}

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10 pages, 7 figures

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