We show that the synchronization transition of a large number of noisy coupled oscillators is an example for a dynamic critical point far from thermodynamic equilibrium. The universal behaviors of such critical oscillators, arranged on a lattice in a $d$-dimensional space and coupled by nearest neighbors interactions, can be studied using field theoretical methods. The field theory associated with the critical point of a homogeneous oscillatory instability (or Hopf bifurcation of coupled oscillators) is the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation with additive noise. We perform a perturbative renormalization group (RG) study in a $4-ε$ dimensional space. We develop an RG scheme that eliminates the phase and frequency of the oscillations using a scale-dependent oscillating reference frame. Within a Callan-Symanzik RG scheme to two-loop order in perturbation theory, we find that the RG fixed point is formally related to the one of the model $A$ dynamics of the real Ginzburg-Landau theory with an O(2) symmetry of the order parameter. Therefore, the dominant critical exponents for coupled oscillators are the same as for this equilibrium field theory. This formal connection with an equilibrium critical point imposes a relation between the correlation and response functions of coupled oscillators in the critical regime. Since the system operates far from thermodynamic equilibrium, a strong violation of the fluctuation-dissipation relation occurs and is characterized by a universal divergence of an effective temperature. The formal relation between critical oscillators and equilibrium critical points suggests that long-range phase order exists in critical oscillators above two dimensions.
Coherence versus reliability of stochastic oscillators with delayed feedback
对于有噪声的自持振荡器,可靠性、对噪声驱动的响应的稳定性以及在振荡频率恒定的意义上理解的相干性都属于主要特性。尽管它们的特性和控制技术受到研究人员的极大关注,但由于它们对神经元、激光器、时钟、发电机等的重要性,这些特征以前是分开考虑的。本文揭示了受弱噪声驱动和线性延迟反馈约束的极限环振子的相干性和可靠性之间的强定量关系。通过对Van der Pol-Duffing振子的数值模拟,验证了分析结果,丰富了分析结果。
Dynamics of noisy oscillator populations beyond the Ott-Antonsen ansatz
我们开发了一种基于“循环累积量”而不是Kuramoto-Daido序参量的方法来描述大种群的相位振荡器的动力学。在热力学极限下,这些变量产生了一个简单的N-Antonsen不变解[E. Ott和T. M. Antonsen,CHAOS 18,037113(2008)],并出现适当的微扰理论上构建的EST-Antonsen的anesthesia。我们采用这种方法来研究小的固有噪声对动力学的影响。其结果是,一个封闭的系统方程的两个领先的累积量,描述的动态噪声合奏,推导出。我们通过介绍噪声对Kuramoto系统和两个对称耦合种群中的嵌合体状态的影响来验证一般理论。