title: Dynamics of an ensemble of noisy bistable elements with global time delayed coupling.
abstract: The dynamics of an ensemble of bistable elements with global time-delayed coupling under the influence of noise is studied analytically and numerically. Depending on the noise level, the system undergoes ordering transitions and demonstrates multistability. That is, for a strong enough positive feedback it exhibits a nonzero stationary mean-field,and a variety of stable oscillatory mean-field states are accessible for positive and negative feedback. The regularity of the oscillatory states is maximal for a certain noise level; i.e., the system demonstrates coherence resonance. While away from the transition points the system dynamics is well described by a Gaussian approximation, near the bifurcation points a description in terms of a dichotomous theory is more adequate.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0402, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Tsimring