54 research outputs found
Synchronization of Heterogeneous Kuramoto Oscillators with Arbitrary Topology
We study synchronization of coupled Kuramoto oscillators with heterogeneous
inherent frequencies and general underlying connectivity. We provide conditions
on the coupling strength and the initial phases which guarantee the existence
of a Positively Invariant Set (PIS) and lead to synchronization. Unlike
previous works that focus only on analytical bounds, here we introduce an
optimization approach to provide a computational-analytical bound that can
further exploit the particular features of each individual system such as
topology and frequency distribution. Examples are provided to illustrate our
results as well as the improvement over previous existing bounds
Self-sustained irregular activity in an ensemble of neural oscillators
An ensemble of pulse-coupled phase-oscillators is thoroughly analysed in the
presence of a mean-field coupling and a dispersion of their natural
frequencies. In spite of the analogies with the Kuramoto setup, a much richer
scenario is observed. The "synchronised phase", which emerges upon increasing
the coupling strength, is characterized by highly-irregular fluctuations: a
time-series analysis reveals that the dynamics of the order parameter is indeed
high-dimensional. The complex dynamics appears to be the result of the
non-perturbative action of a suitably shaped phase-response curve. Such
mechanism differs from the often invoked balance between excitation and
inhibition and might provide an alternative basis to account for the
self-sustained brain activity in the resting state. The potential interest of
this dynamical regime is further strengthened by its (microscopic) linear
stability, which makes it quite suited for computational tasks. The overall
study has been performed by combining analytical and numerical studies,
starting from the linear stability analysis of the asynchronous regime, to
include the Fourier analysis of the Kuramoto order parameter, the computation
of various types of Lyapunov exponents, and a microscopic study of the
inter-spike intervals.Comment: 11 pages, 10 figure
Phase models and clustering in networks of oscillators with delayed coupling
We consider a general model for a network of oscillators with time delayed,
circulant coupling. We use the theory of weakly coupled oscillators to reduce
the system of delay differential equations to a phase model where the time
delay enters as a phase shift. We use the phase model to study the existence
and stability of cluster solutions. Cluster solutions are phase locked
solutions where the oscillators separate into groups. Oscillators within a
group are synchronized while those in different groups are phase-locked. We
give model independent existence and stability results for symmetric cluster
solutions. We show that the presence of the time delay can lead to the
coexistence of multiple stable clustering solutions. We apply our analytical
results to a network of Morris Lecar neurons and compare these results with
numerical continuation and simulation studies
Complexity aspects of the Classification of Synchronizing Graphs for Kuramoto Coupled Oscillators
In this work, we give a complete presentation of the idea of synchronizing graphs for the Kuramoto model of coupled oscillators. We present the dynamical model and the main relationships between the system dynamics and the underlying interconnection topology. A synchronizing graph is an interconnection that ensures synchronization of all the oscillators for almost every initial condition. We present the main properties that help in the classification of synchronizing graphs and also some considerations about the structure of this family of graphs and the complexity of the classification task
Bifurcations in the Sakaguchi--Kuramoto model
We analyze the Sakaguchi-Kuramoto model of coupled phase oscillators in a continuum limit given by a frequency dependent version of the Ott-Antonsen system. Based on a self-consistency equation, we provide a detailed analysis of partially synchronized states, their bifurcation from the completely incoherent state and their stability properties. We use this method to analyze the bifurcations for various types of frequency distributions and explain the appearance of non-universal synchronization transitions
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