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Area of Science:

  • Complex Systems
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Computational Neuroscience

Background:

  • Excitable systems exhibit self-organizing phenomena like localized propagating patterns.
  • These patterns emerge from individual elements cycling through resting, activated, and refractory states.
  • A recently developed stochastic three-state excitable network model generates diverse pattern dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the stability of localized wandering patterns in a stochastic three-state excitable network model.
  • To investigate the collective dynamics and spatiotemporal coherence of these patterns.
  • To systematically quantify the interaction dynamics between multiple localized propagating patterns.

Main Methods:

  • Stability analysis of localized wandering patterns using average response functions.
  • Identification of symmetry breaking using an order parameter.
  • Quantification of pattern interactions based on relative propagation directions and collision angles.

Main Results:

  • Pattern stability is compromised when the average refractory period exceeds a critical value, leading to symmetry breaking.
  • Localized patterns exhibit anomalous subdiffusive dynamics before symmetry breaking and superdiffusive dynamics after.
  • The model demonstrates a range of pattern interactions, including repulsive collisions and annihilations.

Conclusions:

  • The stochastic three-state excitable network model provides a framework for understanding localized propagating pattern formation.
  • The model captures essential dynamics such as stability, anomalous diffusion, and complex interactions.
  • These findings contribute to the broader understanding of self-organization in spatially extended excitable systems.