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Critical phenomena in globally coupled excitable elements

Hiroki Ohta and Shin-ichi Sasa
Phys. Rev. E 78, 065101(R) – Published 8 December 2008

Abstract

Critical phenomena in globally coupled excitable elements are studied by focusing on a saddle-node bifurcation at the collective level. Critical exponents that characterize divergent fluctuations of interspike intervals near the bifurcation are calculated theoretically. The calculated values appear to be in good agreement with those determined by numerical experiments. The relevance of our results to jamming transitions is also mentioned.

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  • Received 30 May 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.78.065101

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Hiroki Ohta* and Shin-ichi Sasa

  • Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan

  • *hiroki@jiro.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
  • sasa@jiro.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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Vol. 78, Iss. 6 — December 2008

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