title: Synchronization and chaotic dynamics of coupled mechanical metronomes.
abstract: Synchronization scenarios of coupled mechanical metronomes are studied by means of numerical simulations showing the onset of synchronization for two, three, and 100 globally coupled metronomes in terms of Arnol'd tongues in parameter space and a Kuramoto transition as a function of coupling strength. Furthermore, we study the dynamics of metronomes where overturning is possible. In this case hyperchaotic dynamics associated with some diffusion process in configuration space is observed, indicating the potential complexity of metronome dynamics.
authors.affiliation: I Physikalisches Institut, University of Gottingen, D-37077 Gottingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, Gottingen, Germany. hulrich@gwdg.de
authors.forename: Henning
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ulrichs
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Parlitz
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005246:Feedback; D009146:Music; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000379:methods*