title: Synchronization and oscillator death in oscillatory media with stirring.
abstract: The effect of stirring in an inhomogeneous oscillatory medium is investigated. We show that the stirring rate can control the macroscopic behavior of the system producing collective oscillations (synchronization) or complete quenching of the oscillations (oscillator death). We interpret the homogenization rate due to mixing as a measure of global coupling and compare the phase diagrams of stirred oscillatory media and of populations of globally coupled oscillators.
authors.affiliation: Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
authors.forename: Zoltán
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Neufeld
authors.forename: István Z
authors.initials: IZ
authors.lastname: Kiss
authors.forename: Changsong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kurths
mesh_terms: D001683:Biological Clocks; D008962:Models, Theoretical