Stability of twisted states on lattices of Kuramoto oscillators

Abstract

Real world systems comprised of coupled oscillators have the ability to exhibit spontaneous synchronization and other complex behaviors. The interplay between the underlying network topology and the emergent dynamics remains a rich area of investigation for both theory and experiment. In this work we study lattices of coupled Kuramoto oscillators with non-local interactions. Our focus is on the stability of twisted states. These are equilibrium solutions with constant phase shifts between oscillators resulting in spatially linear profiles. Linear stability analysis follows from studying the quadratic form associated with the Jacobian matrix. Novel estimates on both stable and unstable regimes of twisted states are obtained in several cases. Moreover, exploiting the "almost circulant" nature of the Jacobian obtains a surprisingly accurate numerical test for stability. While our focus is on 2D square lattices, we show how our results can be extended to higher dimensions.

arXiv comment14 pages, 5 figures

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