Dynamics of the chain of forced oscillators with long-range interaction: from synchronization to chaos

Chaos. 2007 Dec;17(4):043124. doi: 10.1063/1.2819537.

Abstract

We consider a chain of nonlinear oscillators with long-range interaction of the type 1l(1+alpha), where l is a distance between oscillators and 0<alpha<2. In the continuous limit, the system's dynamics is described by a fractional generalization of the Ginzburg-Landau equation with complex coefficients. Such a system has a new parameter alpha that is responsible for the complexity of the medium and that strongly influences possible regimes of the dynamics, especially near alpha=2 and alpha=1. We study different spatiotemporal patterns of the dynamics depending on alpha and show transitions from synchronization of the motion to broad-spectrum oscillations and to chaos.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Computer Simulation
  • Models, Statistical
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Nonlinear Dynamics*
  • Oscillometry / methods*
  • Physics / methods
  • Thermodynamics