Synchronization and oscillator death in oscillatory media with stirring
Chaotic Dynamics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
The effect of stirring in an inhomogeneous oscillatory medium is investigated. We show that the stirring rate can control the macroscopic behavior of the system producing collective oscillations (synchronization) or complete quenching of the oscillations (oscillator death). We interpret the homogenization rate due to mixing as a measure of global coupling and compare the phase diagrams of stirred oscillatory media and of populations of globally coupled oscillators.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nlin/0307024,
title = {Synchronization and oscillator death in oscillatory media with stirring},
author = {Zoltan Neufeld and Istvan Z. Kiss and Changsong Zhou and Juergen Kurths},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0307024},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett