title: Synchronization using environmental coupling in mercury beating heart oscillators.
abstract: We report synchronization of Mercury Beating Heart (MBH) oscillators using the environmental coupling mechanism. This mechanism involves interaction of the oscillators with a common medium/environment such that the oscillators do not interact among themselves. In the present work, we chose a modified MBH system as the common environment. In the absence of coupling, this modified system does not exhibit self sustained oscillations. It was observed that, as a result of the coupling of the MBH oscillators with this common environment, the electrical and the mechanical activities of both the oscillators synchronized simultaneously. Experimental results indicate the emergence of both lag and the complete synchronization in the MBH oscillators. Simulations of the phase oscillators were carried out in order to better understand the experimental observations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India.
authors.forename: Tanu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Singla
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Biotecnología, UNAM, Avenida Universidad 2001, Colonia Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Montoya
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Ciencias, UAEM, Avenida Universidad 1001, Colonia Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan.
authors.forename: Shunsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan.
authors.forename: Seiichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakabayashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parmananda