title: Noise-induced phase locking in coupled coherence-resonance oscillators.
abstract: We investigate the effects of additive noise on coupled excitable chemical oscillators, particularly focusing on how oscillatory coupled modes can be induced by noise. We find that phase locking in the weak coupling regime occurs through coherence resonance, although the resulting phase locking modes are apparently similar to those in coupled deterministic oscillators. Experimental observations are approximately reproduced in a numerical simulation with a forced Oregonator reaction-diffusion model.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Materials Institute, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan.
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohtaki
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyakawa
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology; D000465:Algorithms; D001683:Biological Clocks; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005246:Feedback / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013269:Stochastic Processes