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SOE: Fachverband Physik sozio-ökonomischer Systeme

SOE 9: Chimera States: Coherence-Incoherence Patterns in Complex Networks (SYCS, joint symposium DY / SOE / BP)

SOE 9.1: Invited Talk

Tuesday, March 8, 2016, 09:30–10:00, H1

Theory far from infinity: chimera states without the thermodynamic limit — •Daniel Abrams — Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

Chimera states are surprising symmetry-broken patterns in networks of coupled oscillators which often coexist with fully symmetric states. Much of the theory for chimera states focuses on networks with an infinite number of oscillators. In this talk, I will discuss some new results for the finite-N case, showing that stable chimera states are possible with as few as 4 oscillators. This suggests that they may be easily constructed in experimental or engineered systems, and may even occur naturally.