title: Universal behavior in populations composed of excitable and self-oscillatory elements.
abstract: We study the robustness of self-sustained oscillatory activity in a globally coupled ensemble of excitable and oscillatory units. The critical balance to achieve collective self-sustained oscillations is analytically established. We also report a universal scaling function for the ensemble's mean frequency. Our results extend the framework of the "aging transition" [Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 104101 (2004)] including a broad class of dynamical systems potentially relevant in biology.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pazó
authors.forename: Ernest
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Montbrió