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Magnetically Induced Rotating Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
Published on: March 3, 2017
Convective instabilities of synchronization manifolds in spatially extended systems
C Mendoza1, S Boccaletti, A Politi
1Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Florence, Italy.
Abstract:
We study the stability properties of anticipating synchronization in an open chain of unidirectionally coupled identical chaotic oscillators. Despite being absolutely stable, the synchronization manifold is unstable to propagating perturbations. We analyze and characterize such instabilities drawing a qualitative and quantitative comparison with the convective instabilities typical of spatially extended systems.
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