Kuramoto Chimera States
Coexistence of synchronized and incoherent oscillators with nonlocal coupling
Chimera Parameters
N oscillators:
200
Coupling range r:
0.32
Coupling strength K:
0.50
Phase lag α:
1.46
Freq. disorder σ:
0.00
Reset
Chimera Init
Pause
Sync region R:
—
Global order |Z|:
—
Step:
0
Chimera states
(Kuramoto & Battogtokh 2002): spontaneous coexistence of synchronized and desynchronized oscillators.
Nonlocal coupling: G(x-x') = (1/2r)exp(−|x-x'|/r). Critical discovery: identical oscillators can break symmetry.
Top: phase θᵢ(t). Color = phase. Bottom: local order parameter R(x,t).