@article{BeimGrabenFrischFinketal.2005, author = {Beim Graben, Peter and Frisch, Stefan and Fink, A. and Saddy, Douglas and Kurths, J{\"u}rgen}, title = {Topographic voltage and coherence mapping of brain potentials by means of the symbolic resonance analysis}, issn = {1539-3755}, year = {2005}, abstract = {We apply the recently developed symbolic resonance analysis to electroencephalographic measurements of event- related brain potentials (ERPs) in a language processing experiment by using a three-symbol static encoding with varying thresholds for analyzing the ERP epochs, followed by a spin-flip transformation as a nonlinear filter. We compute an estimator of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for the symbolic dynamics measuring the coherence of threshold-crossing events. Hence, we utilize the inherent noise of the EEG for sweeping the underlying ERP components beyond the encoding thresholds. Plotting the SNR computed within the time window of a particular ERP component (the N400) against the encoding thresholds, we find different resonance curves for the experimental conditions. The maximal differences of the SNR lead to the estimation of optimal encoding thresholds. We show that topographic brain maps of the optimal threshold voltages and of their associated coherence differences are able to dissociate the underlying physiological processes, while corresponding maps gained from the customary voltage averaging technique are unable to do so}, language = {en} } @article{StolbovaMartinBookhagenetal.2014, author = {Stolbova, Veronika and Martin, P. and Bookhagen, Bodo and Marwan, Norbert and Kurths, J{\"u}rgen}, title = {Topology and seasonal evolution of the network of extreme precipitation over the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka}, series = {Nonlinear processes in geophysics}, volume = {21}, journal = {Nonlinear processes in geophysics}, number = {4}, publisher = {Copernicus}, address = {G{\"o}ttingen}, issn = {1023-5809}, doi = {10.5194/npg-21-901-2014}, pages = {901 -- 917}, year = {2014}, abstract = {This paper employs a complex network approach to determine the topology and evolution of the network of extreme precipitation that governs the organization of extreme rainfall before, during, and after the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) season. We construct networks of extreme rainfall events during the ISM (June-September), post-monsoon (October-December), and pre-monsoon (March-May) periods from satellite-derived (Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission, TRMM) and rain-gauge interpolated (Asian Precipitation Highly Resolved Observational Data Integration Towards the Evaluation of Water Resources, APHRODITE) data sets. The structure of the networks is determined by the level of synchronization of extreme rainfall events between different grid cells throughout the Indian subcontinent. Through the analysis of various complex-network metrics, we describe typical repetitive patterns in North Pakistan (NP), the Eastern Ghats (EG), and the Tibetan Plateau (TP). These patterns appear during the pre-monsoon season, evolve during the ISM, and disappear during the post-monsoon season. These are important meteorological features that need further attention and that may be useful in ISM timing and strength prediction.}, language = {en} } @article{WittFeudelGebogietal.1998, author = {Witt, Annette and Feudel, Fred and Gebogi, C. and Kurths, J{\"u}rgen and Braun, Robert}, title = {Tracer dynamics in a flow of driven vortices}, series = {Preprint NLD}, volume = {51}, journal = {Preprint NLD}, publisher = {Univ.}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1432-2935}, pages = {8 S. : graph. Darst.}, year = {1998}, language = {en} } @article{BraunFeudelGebogietal.1999, author = {Braun, Robert and Feudel, Fred and Gebogi, C. and Kurths, J{\"u}rgen and Witt, Annette}, title = {Tracer dynamics in a flow of driven vortices}, year = {1999}, language = {en} } @article{PopovychMaistrenkoMosekildeetal.2000, author = {Popovych, Orest and Maistrenko, Yu and Mosekilde, Erik and Pikovskij, Arkadij and Kurths, J{\"u}rgen}, title = {Transcritical loss of synchronization in coupled chaotic systems}, year = {2000}, language = {en} } @article{PopovychMaistrenkoMosekildeetal.2001, author = {Popovych, Orest and Maistrenko, Yu and Mosekilde, Erik and Pikovskij, Arkadij and Kurths, J{\"u}rgen}, title = {Transcritical riddling in a system of coupled maps}, year = {2001}, abstract = {The transition from fully synchronized behavior to two-cluster dynamics is investigated for a system of N globally coupled chaotic oscillators by means of a model of two coupled logistic maps. An uneven distribution of oscillators between the two clusters causes an asymmetry to arise in the coupling of the model system. While the transverse period-doubling bifurcation remains essentially unaffected by this asymmetry, the transverse pitchfork bifurcation is turned into a saddle-node bifurcation followed by a transcritical riddling bifurcation in which a periodic orbit embedded in the synchronized chaotic state loses its transverse stability. We show that the transcritical riddling transition is always hard. For this, we study the sequence of bifurcations that the asynchronous point cycles produced in the saddle-node bifurcation undergo, and show how the manifolds of these cycles control the magnitude of asynchronous bursts. In the case where the system involves two subpopulations of oscillators with a small mismatch of the parameters, the transcritical riddling will be replaced by two subsequent saddle-node bifurcations, or the saddle cycle involved in the transverse destabilization of the synchronized chaotic state may smoothly shift away from the synchronization manifold. In this way, the transcritical riddling bifurcation is substituted by a symmetry-breaking bifurcation, which is accompanied by the destruction of a thin invariant region around the symmetrical chaotic state.}, language = {en} } @article{HassanKurths2001, author = {Hassan, M. K. and Kurths, J{\"u}rgen}, title = {Transition from random to ordered fractals in fragmentation of particles in an open system}, year = {2001}, language = {en} } @article{HeuerSchultheissHodgsonetal.1999, author = {Heuer, Axel and Schultheiss, J. and Hodgson, N. and Kurths, J{\"u}rgen and Menzel, Ralf and Raab, Volker}, title = {Transverse effects in phase conjugate laser mirrors based on stimulated brillouin scattering}, year = {1999}, language = {en} } @article{ZhangHuHuetal.2002, author = {Zhang, H. and Hu, B. and Hu, G. and Ouyang, Q. and Kurths, J{\"u}rgen}, title = {Turbulence control by developing a spiral wave with a periodic signal injection in the complex Ginzburg-Laundau equation}, year = {2002}, language = {en} } @article{ThielRomanoKurthsetal.2006, author = {Thiel, Marco and Romano, Maria Carmen and Kurths, J{\"u}rgen and Rolfs, Martin and Kliegl, Reinhold}, title = {Twin surrogates to test for complex synchronisation}, doi = {10.1209/epl/i2006-10147-0}, year = {2006}, abstract = {We present an approach to generate (multivariate) twin surrogates (TS) based on recurrence properties. This technique generates surrogates which correspond to an independent copy of the underlying system, i.e. they induce a trajectory of the underlying system starting at different initial conditions. We show that these surrogates are well suited to test for complex synchronisation and exemplify this for the paradigmatic system of Rossler oscillators. The proposed test enables to assess the statistical relevance of a synchronisation analysis from passive experiments which are typical in natural systems}, language = {en} }