Chimeras

F Parastesh, S Jafari, H Azarnoush, Z Shahriari… - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Chimeras are this year coming of age since they were first observed by Kuramoto and
Battogtokh in 2002 in a one-dimensional network of complex Ginzburg–Landau equations …

Chimera states in neuronal networks: A review

S Majhi, BK Bera, D Ghosh, M Perc - Physics of life reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Neuronal networks, similar to many other complex systems, self-organize into fascinating
emergent states that are not only visually compelling, but also vital for the proper functioning …

Non-reciprocal phase transitions

M Fruchart, R Hanai, PB Littlewood, V Vitelli - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Out of equilibrium, a lack of reciprocity is the rule rather than the exception. Non-reciprocity
occurs, for instance, in active matter,,,,–, non-equilibrium systems,–, networks of neurons …

Understanding the dynamics of biological and neural oscillator networks through exact mean-field reductions: a review

C Bick, M Goodfellow, CR Laing… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Many biological and neural systems can be seen as networks of interacting periodic
processes. Importantly, their functionality, ie, whether these networks can perform their …

Chimera states: coexistence of coherence and incoherence in networks of coupled oscillators

MJ Panaggio, DM Abrams - Nonlinearity, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
A chimera state is a spatio-temporal pattern in a network of identical coupled oscillators in
which synchronous and asynchronous oscillation coexist. This state of broken symmetry …

Explosive transitions in complex networks' structure and dynamics: Percolation and synchronization

S Boccaletti, JA Almendral, S Guan, I Leyva, Z Liu… - Physics Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
Percolation and synchronization are two phase transitions that have been extensively
studied since already long ago. A classic result is that, in the vast majority of cases, these …

The multiscale physics of cilia and flagella

W Gilpin, MS Bull, M Prakash - Nature Reviews Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Cilia and flagella are fundamental units of motion in cellular biology. These beating, hair-like
organelles share a common basic structure but maintain widely varying functions in systems …

Chimera states in mechanical oscillator networks

EA Martens, S Thutupalli, A Fourriere… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - pnas.org
The synchronization of coupled oscillators is a fascinating manifestation of self-organization
that nature uses to orchestrate essential processes of life, such as the beating of the heart …

Chimera and phase-cluster states in populations of coupled chemical oscillators

MR Tinsley, S Nkomo, K Showalter - Nature Physics, 2012 - nature.com
Populations of coupled oscillators may exhibit two coexisting subpopulations, one with
synchronized oscillations and the other with unsynchronized oscillations, even though all of …

Experimental observation of chimeras in coupled-map lattices

AM Hagerstrom, TE Murphy, R Roy, P Hövel… - Nature Physics, 2012 - nature.com
Networks of nonlocally coupled phase oscillators can support chimera states in which
identical oscillators evolve into distinct groups that exhibit coexisting synchronous and …