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Coexistence of synchrony and incoherence in oscillatory media under nonlinear global coupling

arXiv:1312.3166 · doi:10.1063/1.4858996

Abstract

We report a novel mechanism for the formation of chimera states, a peculiar spatiotemporal pattern with coexisting synchronized and incoherent domains found in ensembles of identical oscillators. Considering Stuart-Landau oscillators we demonstrate that a nonlinear global coupling can induce this symmetry breaking. We find chimera states also in a spatially extended system, a modified complex Ginzburg-Landau equation. This theoretical prediction is validated with an oscillatory electrochemical system, the electrooxidation of silicon, where the spontaneous formation of chimeras is observed without any external feedback control.

7 pages, 5 figures, final version, accepted for publication in Chaos

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