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Dynamics of pulsating swarmalators on a ring
Samali Ghosh1, Kevin O'Keeffe2, Gourab Kumar Sar1
1Indian Statistical Institute, Physics and Applied Mathematics Unit, 203 B. T. Road, Kolkata 700108, India.
Abstract:
We study a simple one-dimensional model of swarmalators, a generalization of phase oscillators that swarm around in space as well as synchronize internal oscillations in time. Previous studies of the model focused on Kuramoto-type couplings, where the phase interactions are governed by phase differences. Here we consider Winfree-type coupling, where the interactions are multiplicative, determined by the product of a phase response function Q(θ) and phase pulse function P(θ). This more general interaction (from which the Kuramoto phase differences emerge after averaging) produces rich physics: six long-term modes of organization are found, which we characterize numerically and analytically.
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