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Synchronizing spatio-temporal chaos with imperfect models: a stochastic surface growth picture

arXiv:1410.8709 · doi:10.1063/1.4898385

Abstract

We study the synchronization of two spatially extended dynamical systems where the models have imperfections. We show that the synchronization error across space can be visualized as a rough surface governed by the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation with both upper and lower bounding walls corresponding to nonlinearities and model discrepancies, respectively. Two types of model imperfections are considered: parameter mismatch and unresolved fast scales, finding in both cases the same qualitative results. The consistency between different setups and systems indicates the results are generic for a wide family of spatially extended systems.

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