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The basic phenomenology of experimentally observed synchronization (i.e., a stochastic phase locking) of identical, beating flagella of a biflagellate alga is known to be captured well by a minimal model describing the dynamics of coupled,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-02-28 V. Dotsenko , A. Maciolek , G. Oshanin , O. A. Vasilyev , S. Dietrich

We study the synchronization in a one dimensional array of point Josephson junctions coupled to a common capacitor, which establishes a long-range interaction between junctions and synchronizes them. The stability diagram of synchronization…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-03-19 Shi-Zeng Lin , Xiao Hu , Lev Bulaevskii

Synchronization is a major concept in nonlinear physics. In a large number of systems, it is observed at long times for a sinusoidal excitation. In this paper, we design a transiently non-sinusoidal driving to reach the synchronization…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-11 François Impens , David Guéry-Odelin

The conventional nature of synchronisation is discussed in inertial frames, where it is found that theories using different synchronisations are experimentally equivalent to special relativity. In contrary, in accelerated systems only a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Francois Goy

Synchronization is a ubiquitous phenomenon occurring in social, biological, and technological systems when the internal rhythms of their constituents are adapted to be in unison as a result of their coupling. This natural tendency towards…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-11-11 Ignacio Hermoso de Mendoza , Leonardo A. Pachón , Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes , David Zueco

Under specific conditions, a rotating saddle potential can confine the motion of a particle on its surface. This time-varying hyperbolic potential shares key characteristics with the RF electric quadrupole ion trap (RF Paul trap), making it…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-04-08 Aidan Carey , Laurel Barnett , Robert Hart , Anna Klales , Ali Kurmus , Louis Deslauriers

We show how to utilize magnetostriction to synchronize two mechanical vibration modes in a cavity magnomechanical system. The dispersive magnetostrictive interaction provides necessary nonlinearity required for achieving synchronization.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-06 Jiong Cheng , Wenlin Li , Jie Li

This paper investigates the synchronization of three identical oscillators, or clocks, suspended from a common rigid support. We consider scenarios where each clock interacts with the other two, achieving synchronization through small…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-03-11 Emma D'Aniello , Henrique M. Oliveira

Symmetries are ubiquitous in network systems and have profound impacts on the observable dynamics. At the most fundamental level, many synchronization patterns are induced by underlying network symmetry, and a high degree of symmetry is…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2019-02-18 Joseph D. Hart , Yuanzhao Zhang , Rajarshi Roy , Adilson E. Motter

Synchrony is inevitable in many oscillating systems -- from the canonical alignment of two ticking grandfather clocks, to the mutual entrainment of beating flagella or spiking neurons. Yet both biological and manmade systems provide…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2021-06-16 William Gilpin

Synchronization, the emergence of spontaneous order in coupled systems, is of fundamental importance in both physical and biological systems. We demonstrate the synchronization of two dissimilar silicon nitride micromechanical oscillators,…

Synchronization resulting in unified collective behavior of the individual elements of a system that are weakly coupled to each other has long fascinated scientists. Examples range from the periodic oscillation of coupled pendulum clocks to…

We introduce an approximate model for predicting the net contact wrench between nominally rigid objects for use in simulation, control, and state estimation. The model combines and generalizes two ideas: a bed of springs (an "elastic…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-08-07 Ryan Elandt , Evan Drumwright , Michael Sherman , Andy Ruina

In exploring the simulation of human rhythmic perception and synchronization capabilities, this study introduces a computational model inspired by the physical and biological processes underlying rhythm processing. Utilizing a reservoir…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-03-28 Zhongju Yuan , Wannes Van Ransbeeck , Geraint Wiggins , Dick Botteldooren

Synchronization is one of the emerging collective phenomena in interacting particle systems. Its ubiquitous presence in nature, science, and technology has fascinated the scientific community over the decades. Moreover, a great deal of…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2023-12-18 Suvam Pal , Gourab Kumar Sar , Dibakar Ghosh , Arnab Pal

Synchronization is a phenomenon where interacting particles lock their motion and display non-trivial dynamics. Despite intense efforts studying synchronization in systems without clear classical limits, no comprehensive theory has been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-23 Berislav Buca , Cameron Booker , Dieter Jaksch

This study introduces a novel method to break wave transmission reciprocity by leveraging the synchronization of self-oscillators. An experimental demonstration with aeroacoustic cavities is presented. They behave as weakly nonlinear limit…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-08-25 Alexander K. Stoychev , Ulrich Kuhl , Nicolas Noiray

A mechanical system consisting of an elastic beam under harmonic excitation and an attached sliding body is investigated. Recent experimental observations suggest that the system passively (self-)adapts the axial location of the slider to…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2021-01-12 Malte Krack , Noha Aboulfotoh , Jens Twiefel , Jörg Wallaschek , Lawrence A. Bergman , Alexander F. Vakakis

The searching for the stable patterns in the evolution of cellular automata is implemented using stochastic synchronization between the present structures of the system and its precedent configurations. For most of the known evolution rules…

Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases · Physics 2007-05-23 J. R. Sanchez , R. Lopez-Ruiz

Experimental studies have demonstrated that spermatozoa synchronize their flagella when swimming in close proximity. In a Newtonian fluid, it was shown theoretically that such synchronization arises passively due to hydrodynamic forces…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-05-02 Gwynn J. Elfring , On Shun Pak , Eric Lauga