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L Prignano¹, O Sagarra¹, A Díaz-Guilera¹

¹Departament de Física Fonamental, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.

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We studied how moving oscillators synchronize, finding that their speed affects synchronization time in complex ways. Different movement patterns lead to distinct synchronization mechanisms, sometimes preventing overall coherence.

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Area of Science:

Physics
Complex Systems
Nonlinear Dynamics

Background:

Oscillator populations are fundamental in physics and biology.
Understanding synchronization in moving systems is key to many natural phenomena.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate synchronization dynamics in a population of moving integrate-and-fire oscillators.
To explore the relationship between agent velocity and synchronization time.

Main Methods:

Simulating a population of moving integrate-and-fire oscillators.
Analyzing interactions based on nearest neighbors and firing times.
Developing estimators for regime transitions.

Main Results:

Discovered a nonmonotonic dependence of synchronization time on agent velocity.
Identified distinct synchronization mechanisms across different dynamical regimes.
Observed scenarios where time scale interplay inhibits synchronization.

Conclusions:

Agent velocity significantly impacts synchronization, not always monotonically.
Synchronization mechanisms are regime-dependent.
Predictive estimators for synchronization transitions were developed.