title: External periodic driving of large systems of globally coupled phase oscillators.
abstract: Large systems of coupled oscillators subjected to a periodic external drive occur in many situations in physics and biology. Here the simple paradigmatic case of equal strength, all-to-all sine coupling of phase oscillators subject to a sinusoidal external drive, is considered. The stationary states and their stability are determined. Using the stability information and numerical experiments, parameter space phase diagrams showing when different types of system behavior apply are constructed, and the bifurcations marking transitions between different types of behavior are delineated. The analysis is supported by results of direct numerical simulation of an ensemble of oscillators.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Antonsen
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Faghih
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Girvan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ott
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Platig
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005246:Feedback; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000379:methods*; D010507:Periodicity