Partial synchronization and spontaneous spatial ordering in coupled chaotic systems

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2001 Feb;63(2 Pt 2):026211. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.026211. Epub 2001 Jan 24.

Abstract

A model of many symmetrically and locally coupled chaotic oscillators is studied. Partial chaotic synchronizations associated with spontaneous spatial ordering are demonstrated. Very rich patterns of the system are revealed, based on partial synchronization analysis. The stabilities of different partially synchronous spatiotemporal structures and some dynamical behaviors of these states are discussed both numerically and analytically.