Metastability induced by non-reciprocal adaptive couplings in Kuramoto models

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Main Authors: Chowdhury, Sayantan Nag, Meyer-Ortmanns, Hildegard
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author Chowdhury, Sayantan Nag
Meyer-Ortmanns, Hildegard
author_facet Chowdhury, Sayantan Nag
Meyer-Ortmanns, Hildegard
contents Non-reciprocal couplings are frequently found in systems out-of-equilibrium such as neuronal networks. We consider generalized Kuramoto models with non-reciprocal adaptive couplings. The non-reciprocity refers to the type of couplings according to Hebbian or anti-Hebbian rules and to different time scales on which the couplings evolve. The main effect of this specific combination of deterministic dynamics is an induced metastability of anti-phase synchronized clusters of oscillators. Metastable switching is typical for neuronal networks and a characteristic of brain dynamics. We analyze the metastability as a function of the system parameters, in particular of the size and the network connectivity. The mechanism behind sudden changes in the order parameters is individual oscillators which change their cluster affiliation from time to time, providing ``weak ties" between clusters of synchronized oscillators, where an individual oscillator may represent an entire brain area. The time series exhibit random features but arise from deterministic dynamics.
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spellingShingle Metastability induced by non-reciprocal adaptive couplings in Kuramoto models
Chowdhury, Sayantan Nag
Meyer-Ortmanns, Hildegard
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Non-reciprocal couplings are frequently found in systems out-of-equilibrium such as neuronal networks. We consider generalized Kuramoto models with non-reciprocal adaptive couplings. The non-reciprocity refers to the type of couplings according to Hebbian or anti-Hebbian rules and to different time scales on which the couplings evolve. The main effect of this specific combination of deterministic dynamics is an induced metastability of anti-phase synchronized clusters of oscillators. Metastable switching is typical for neuronal networks and a characteristic of brain dynamics. We analyze the metastability as a function of the system parameters, in particular of the size and the network connectivity. The mechanism behind sudden changes in the order parameters is individual oscillators which change their cluster affiliation from time to time, providing ``weak ties" between clusters of synchronized oscillators, where an individual oscillator may represent an entire brain area. The time series exhibit random features but arise from deterministic dynamics.
title Metastability induced by non-reciprocal adaptive couplings in Kuramoto models
topic Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20410