Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Network-induced multistability through lossy coupling and exotic solitary states

  • Frank Hellmann,
  • Paul Schultz,
  • Patrycja Jaros,
  • Roman Levchenko,
  • Tomasz Kapitaniak,
  • Jürgen Kurths,
  • Yuri Maistrenko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14417-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The design of future power grids with decentral control calls for a better understanding of the stability of synchronized networked systems. Here, Hellmann et al. show that the energy losses in coupled oscillators can significantly alter power grid dynamics by introducing solitary states in the network.