title: Role of multistability in the transition to chaotic phase synchronization.
abstract: In this paper we describe the transition to phase synchronization for systems of coupled nonlinear oscillators that individually follow the Feigenbaum route to chaos. A nested structure of phase synchronized regions of different attractor families is observed. With this structure, the transition to nonsynchronous behavior is determined by the loss of stability for the most stable synchronous mode. It is shown that the appearance of hyperchaos and the transition from lag synchronization to phase synchronization are related to the merging of chaotic attractors from different families. Numerical examples using Rossler systems and model maps are given. (c) 1999 American Institute of Physics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya Street 83, Saratov, 410026, Russia.
authors.forename: D. E.
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Postnov
authors.forename: T. E.
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Vadivasova
authors.forename: O. V.
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Sosnovtseva
authors.forename: A. G.
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Balanov
authors.forename: V. S.
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Anishchenko
authors.forename: E.
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mosekilde