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The Winfree model with non-infinitesimal phase-response curve: Ott-Antonsen theory
1Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain.
Abstract:
A novel generalization of the Winfree model of globally coupled phase oscillators, representing phase reduction under finite coupling, is studied analytically. We consider interactions through a non-infinitesimal (or finite) phase-response curve (PRC), in contrast to the infinitesimal PRC of the original model. For a family of non-infinitesimal PRCs, the global dynamics is captured by one complex-valued ordinary differential equation resorting to the Ott-Antonsen ansatz. The phase diagrams are thereupon obtained for four illustrative cases of non-infinitesimal PRC. Bistability between collective synchronization and full desynchronization is observed in all cases.
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