title: Collective dynamics of chaotic chemical oscillators and the law of large numbers.
abstract: Experiments on the nontrivial collective dynamics and phase synchronization of populations of nonidentical chaotic electrochemical oscillators are presented. Without added coupling no deviation from the law of large numbers is observed. Deviations do arise with weak global or short-range coupling; large, irregular, and periodic mean field oscillations occur along with (partial) phase synchronization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, 102 Engineers' Way, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4741, USA.
authors.forename: István Z
authors.initials: IZ
authors.lastname: Kiss
authors.forename: Yumei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hudson
mesh_terms: D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics
chemical_list: D009532:Nickel