title: Exact solution for first-order synchronization transition in a generalized Kuramoto model.
abstract: First-order, or discontinuous, synchronization transition, i.e. an abrupt and irreversible phase transition with hysteresis to the synchronized state of coupled oscillators, has attracted much attention along the past years. We here report the analytical solution of a generalized Kuramoto model, and derive a series of exact results for the first-order synchronization transition, including i) the exact, generic, solutions for the critical coupling strengths for both the forward and backward transitions, ii) the closed form of the forward transition point and the linear stability analysis for the incoherent state (for a Lorentzian frequency distribution), and iii) the closed forms for both the stable and unstable coherent states (and their stabilities) for the backward transition. Our results, together with elucidating the first-order nature of the transition, provide insights on the mechanisms at the basis of such a synchronization phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: 1] CNR-Institute of Complex Systems, Via Madonna del Piano, 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy [2] The Embassy of Italy in Tel Aviv, 25 Hamered street, 68125 Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boccaletti
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Wenwen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiyun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: 1] Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, P. R. China [2] State Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Zonghua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: 1] Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, P. R. China [2] State Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Shuguang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.affiliation: 1] Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, 117542, Singapore [2] Yale-NUS College, Singapore 138614, Singapore.
authors.forename: Choy-Heng
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lai