New Journal of Physics (Jan 2019)

Universal phase transitions to synchronization in Kuramoto-like models with heterogeneous coupling

  • Can Xu,
  • Stefano Boccaletti,
  • Zhigang Zheng,
  • Shuguang Guan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ab4f59
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 11
p. 113018

Abstract

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We reveal a class of universal phase transitions to synchronization in Kuramoto-like models with both in- and out-coupling heterogeneity. By analogy with metastable states, an oscillatory state occurs as a high-order coherent phase accompanying explosive synchronization in the system. The critical points of synchronization transition and the stationary solutions are obtained analytically, by the use of mean-field theory. In particular, the stable conditions for the emergence of phase-locked states are determined analytically, consistently with the analysis based on the Ott–Antonsen manifold. We demonstrate that the in- or out-coupling heterogeneity have influence on both the dynamical properties (eigen’spectrum) and the synchronizability of the system.

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