Abstract
In the classic Kuramoto system of coupled two-dimensional rotators, chimera states characterized by the coexistence of synchronous and asynchronous groups of oscillators are long-lived because the average lifetime of these states increases exponentially with the system size. Recently, it was discovered that, when the rotators in the Kuramoto model are three-dimensional, the chimera states become short-lived in the sense that their lifetime scales with only the logarithm of the dimension-augmenting perturbation. We introduce transverse-stability analysis to understand the short-lived chimera states. In particular, on the unit sphere representing three-dimensional (3D) rotations, the long-lived chimera states in the classic Kuramoto system occur on the equator, to which latitudinal perturbations that make the rotations 3D are transverse. We demonstrate that the largest transverse Lyapunov exponent calculated with respect to these long-lived chimera states is typically positive, making them short-lived. The transverse-stability analysis turns the previous numerical scaling law of the transient lifetime into an exact formula: the “free” proportional constant in the original scaling law can now be precisely determined in terms of the largest transverse Lyapunov exponent. Our analysis reinforces the speculation that in physical systems, chimera states can be short-lived as they are vulnerable to any perturbations that have a component transverse to the invariant subspace in which they live.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 063127 |
Journal | Chaos |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1 2023 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Mathematical Physics
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Applied Mathematics
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