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Chimera states for directed networks

Chaotic Dynamics 2021-10-27 v1 Dynamical Systems Pattern Formation and Solitons

Abstract

We demonstrate that chimera behavior can be observed in ensembles of phase oscillators with unidirectional coupling. For a small network consisting of only three identical oscillators (cyclic triple), tiny {\it chimera islands} arise in the parameter space. They are surrounded by developed chaotic switching behavior caused by a collision of rotating waves propagating in opposite directions. For larger networks, as we show for hundred oscillators (cyclic century), the islands merge into a single {\it chimera continent} which incorporates the world of chimeras of different configuration. The phenomenon inherits from networks with intermediate ranges of the unidirectional coupling and it diminishes as it decreases.

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@article{arxiv.2106.06809,
  title  = {Chimera states for directed networks},
  author = {Patrycja Jaros and Roman Levchenko and Tomasz Kapitaniak and Yuri Maistrenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.06809},
  year   = {2021}
}
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