Abstract
We show that mutual entrainment in interacting oscillators can be characterized using phase models that are developed from direct experiments with a single oscillator. The models are used to predict order-disorder transitions in populations and the dependence of order on system parameters; the description is verified in independent experiments in sets of chemical oscillators. The experiment-based model properly describes in-phase and antiphase mutual entrainment with positive and negative interactions in small sets as well as dynamical clustering in populations of oscillators.
- Received 24 February 2005
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.248301
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