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Yusra Ahmed Muthanna1,2, Haider Hasan Jafri1
1Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, India.
Abstract:
We study the transition to synchronization in an ensemble of chaotic oscillators that are interacting on a star network. These oscillators possess an invariant symmetry and we study emergent behavior by introducing the timescale variations in the dynamics of the nodes and the hub. If the coupling preserves the symmetry, the ensemble exhibits consecutive explosive transitions, each one associated with a hysteresis. The first transition is the explosive synchronization from a desynchronized state to a synchronized state which occurs discontinuously with the formation of intermediate clusters. These clusters appear because of the driving-induced multistability and the resulting attractors exhibit intermittent synchrony (antisynchrony). The second transition is the explosive death that occurs as a result of stabilization of the stable fixed points. However, if the symmetry is not preserved, the system again makes a first-order transition from an oscillatory state to death, namely, an explosive death. These transitions are studied with the help of the master stability functions, Lyapunov exponents, and the stability analysis.
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