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Recent research has led to the discovery of fundamental new phenomena in network synchronization, including chimera states, explosive synchronization, and asymmetry-induced synchronization. Each of these phenomena has thus far been observed…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2019-01-31 Zachary G. Nicolaou , Deniz Eroglu , Adilson E. Motter

We study collective dynamics of networks of mutually coupled identical Lorenz oscillators near subcritical Hopf bifurcation. This system shows induced multistable behavior with interesting spatio-temporal dynamics including synchronization,…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2022-07-20 Anjuman Ara Khatun , Yusra Ahmed Saeed , Nirmal Punetha , Haider Hasan Jafri

We experimentally demonstrate that networks of identical photonic spiking neurons based on coupled degenerate parametric oscillators can show various chimera states, in which, depending on their local synchronization and desynchronization,…

Among the versatile forms of dynamical patterns of activity exhibited by the brain, oscillations are one of the most salient and extensively studied, yet are still far from being well understood. In this paper, we provide various structural…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-12 Erfan Nozari , Robert Planas , Jorge Cortes

Oscillatory dynamics are ubiquitous in biological networks. Possible sources of oscillations are well understood in low-dimensional systems, but have not been fully explored in high-dimensional networks. Here we study large networks…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2016-12-21 Célian Bimbard , Erwan Ledoux , Srdjan Ostojic

Chimera states, marked by the coexistence of order and disorder in systems of coupled oscillators, have captivated researchers with their existence and intricate patterns. Despite ongoing advances, a fully understanding of the genesis of…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2024-12-10 Malbor Asllani , Alex Arenas

A "chimera state" is a dynamical pattern that occurs in a network of coupled identical oscillators when the symmetry of the oscillator population is broken into synchronous and asynchronous parts. We report the experimental observation of…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2023-04-17 Joseph D. Hart , Kanika Bansal , Thomas E. Murphy , Rajarshi Roy

The human brain is a complex dynamical system that gives rise to cognition through spatiotemporal patterns of coherent and incoherent activity between brain regions. As different regions dynamically interact to perform cognitive tasks,…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2019-04-09 Kanika Bansal , Javier O. Garcia , Steven H. Tompson , Timothy Verstynen , Jean M. Vettel , Sarah F. Muldoon

We describe an example of a structurally stable heteroclinic network for which nearby orbits exhibit irregular but sustained switching between the various sub-cycles in the network. The mechanism for switching is the presence of spiralling…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2019-10-03 Vivien Kirk , Emily Lane , Claire M. Postlethwaite , Alastair M. Rucklidge , Mary Silber

In many real-world systems, partial synchronization is the dominant dynamical regime and, in systems such as the brain, is often accompanied by collective oscillations in which multiple overlapping modes interact to produce complex rhythmic…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2026-03-03 Ali Seif , Mina Zarei

For a network of generic oscillators with nonlocal topology and symmetry-breaking coupling we establish novel partially coherent inhomogeneous spatial patterns, which combine the features of chimera states (coexisting incongruous coherent…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2015-06-18 Anna Zakharova , Marie Kapeller , Eckehard Schöll

We study the evolution of heterogeneous networks of oscillators subject to a state-dependent interconnection rule. We find that heterogeneity in the node dynamics is key in organizing the architecture of the functional emerging networks. We…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2015-07-27 Francesco Scafuti , Takaaki Aoki , Mario di Bernardo

Collective behavior among coupled dynamical units can emerge in various forms as a result of different coupling topologies as well as different types of coupling functions. Chimera states have recently received ample attention as a…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2017-05-24 Bidesh K. Bera , Soumen Majhi , Dibakar Ghosh , Matjaz Perc

A complex collective emerging behavior characterized by coexisting coherent and incoherent do- mains is termed as a chimera state. We bring out the existence of a new type of chimera in a nonlocally coupled ensemble of identical oscillators…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2017-12-13 R. Gopal , V. K. Chandrasekar , D. V. Senthilkumar , A. Venkatesan , M. Lakshmanan

Homoclinic and heteroclinic connections can form cycles and networks in phase space, which organize global phenomena in dynamical systems. On the one hand, stability notions for (omni)cycles give insight into how many initial conditions…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-09-24 Christian Bick , Alexander Lohse

Chimera states are dynamical states where regions of synchronous trajectories coexist with incoherent ones. A significant amount of research has been devoted to study chimera states in systems of identical oscillators, non-locally coupled…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-10-22 Riccardo Muolo , Thierry Njougouo , Lucia Valentina Gambuzza , Timoteo Carletti , Mattia Frasca

Synchronization processes play critical roles in the functionality of a wide range of both natural and man-made systems. Recent work in physics and neuroscience highlights the importance of higher-order interactions between dynamical units,…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2021-08-03 Per Sebastian Skardal , Alex Arenas

Chimera-like states are manifested through the coexistence of synchronous and asynchronous dynamics and have been observed in various systems. To analyze the role of network topology in giving rise to chimera-like states we study a…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2017-04-20 Bo Li , David Saad

Heteroclinic dynamics is a suitable framework for describing transient and reproducible dynamics such as cognitive processes in the brain. We demonstrate how heteroclinic units can act as pacemakers to entrain larger sets of units from a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-07-22 Bhumika Thakur , Hildegard Meyer-Ortmanns

Phase transitions in equilibrium and nonequilibrium systems play a major role in the natural sciences. In dynamical networks, phase transitions organize qualitative changes in the collective behavior of coupled dynamical units. Adaptive…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2023-02-22 Jan Fialkowski , Serhiy Yanchuk , Igor M. Sokolov , Eckehard Schöll , Georg A. Gottwald , Rico Berner