@phdthesis{Vlasov2015,
  author    = {Vlasov, Vladimir},
  title     = {Synchronization of oscillatory networks in terms of global variables},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-78182},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {82},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {Synchronization of large ensembles of oscillators is an omnipresent phenomenon observed in different fields of science like physics, engineering, life sciences, etc. The most simple setup is that of globally coupled phase oscillators, where all the oscillators contribute to a global field which acts on all oscillators. This formulation of the problem was pioneered by Winfree and Kuramoto. Such a setup gives a possibility for the analysis of these systems in terms of global variables. In this work we describe nontrivial collective dynamics in oscillator populations coupled via mean fields in terms of global variables. We consider problems which cannot be directly reduced to standard Kuramoto and Winfree models. In the first part of the thesis we adopt a method introduced by Watanabe and Strogatz. The main idea is that the system of identical oscillators of particular type can be described by a low-dimensional system of global equations. This approach enables us to perform a complete analytical analysis for a special but vast set of initial conditions. Furthermore, we show how the approach can be expanded for some nonidentical systems. We apply the Watanabe-Strogatz approach to arrays of Josephson junctions and systems of identical phase oscillators with leader-type coupling. In the next parts of the thesis we consider the self-consistent mean-field theory method that can be applied to general nonidentical globally coupled systems of oscillators both with or without noise. For considered systems a regime, where the global field rotates uniformly, is the most important one. With the help of this approach such solutions of the self-consistency equation for an arbitrary distribution of frequencies and coupling parameters can be found analytically in the parametric form, both for noise-free and noisy cases. We apply this method to deterministic Kuramoto-type model with generic coupling and an ensemble of spatially distributed oscillators with leader-type coupling. Furthermore, with the proposed self-consistent approach we fully characterize rotating wave solutions of noisy Kuramoto-type model with generic coupling and an ensemble of noisy oscillators with bi-harmonic coupling. Whenever possible, a complete analysis of global dynamics is performed and compared with direct numerical simulations of large populations.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{VlasovPikovskij2013,
  author    = {Vlasov, Vladimir and Pikovskij, Arkadij},
  title     = {Synchronization of a Josephson junction array in terms of global variables},
  series = {Physical review : E, Statistical, nonlinear and soft matter physics},
  volume    = {88},
  journal   = {Physical review : E, Statistical, nonlinear and soft matter physics},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  address   = {College Park},
  issn      = {1539-3755},
  doi       = {10.1103/PhysRevE.88.022908},
  pages     = {5},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {We consider an array of Josephson junctions with a common LCR load. Application of the Watanabe-Strogatz approach [Physica D 74, 197 (1994)] allows us to formulate the dynamics of the array via the global variables only. For identical junctions this is a finite set of equations, analysis of which reveals the regions of bistability of the synchronous and asynchronous states. For disordered arrays with distributed parameters of the junctions, the problem is formulated as an integro-differential equation for the global variables; here stability of the asynchronous states and the properties of the transition synchrony-asynchrony are established numerically.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{VlasovMacauPikovskij2014,
  author    = {Vlasov, Vladimir and Macau, Elbert E. N. and Pikovskij, Arkadij},
  title     = {Synchronization of oscillators in a Kuramoto-type model with generic coupling},
  series = {Chaos : an interdisciplinary journal of nonlinear science},
  volume    = {24},
  journal   = {Chaos : an interdisciplinary journal of nonlinear science},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {American Institute of Physics},
  address   = {Melville},
  issn      = {1054-1500},
  doi       = {10.1063/1.4880835},
  pages     = {7},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {We study synchronization properties of coupled oscillators on networks that allow description in terms of global mean field coupling. These models generalize the standard Kuramoto-Sakaguchi model, allowing for different contributions of oscillators to the mean field and to different forces from the mean field on oscillators. We present the explicit solutions of self-consistency equations for the amplitude and frequency of the mean field in a parametric form, valid for noise-free and noise-driven oscillators. As an example, we consider spatially spreaded oscillators for which the coupling properties are determined by finite velocity of signal propagation. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{VlasovPikovskijMacau2015,
  author    = {Vlasov, Vladimir and Pikovskij, Arkadij and Macau, Elbert E. N.},
  title     = {Star-type oscillatory networks with generic Kuramoto-type coupling: A model for "Japanese drums synchrony"},
  series = {Chaos : an interdisciplinary journal of nonlinear science},
  volume    = {25},
  journal   = {Chaos : an interdisciplinary journal of nonlinear science},
  number    = {12},
  publisher = {American Institute of Physics},
  address   = {Melville},
  issn      = {1054-1500},
  doi       = {10.1063/1.4938400},
  pages     = {13},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {We analyze star-type networks of phase oscillators by virtue of two methods. For identical oscillators we adopt the Watanabe-Strogatz approach, which gives full analytical description of states, rotating with constant frequency. For nonidentical oscillators, such states can be obtained by virtue of the self-consistent approach in a parametric form. In this case stability analysis cannot be performed, however with the help of direct numerical simulations we show which solutions are stable and which not. We consider this system as a model for a drum orchestra, where we assume that the drummers follow the signal of the leader without listening to each other and the coupling parameters are determined by a geometrical organization of the orchestra. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{VlasovRosenblumPikovskij2016,
  author    = {Vlasov, Vladimir and Rosenblum, Michael and Pikovskij, Arkadij},
  title     = {Dynamics of weakly inhomogeneous oscillator populations: perturbation theory on top of Watanabe-Strogatz integrability},
  series = {Journal of physics : A, Mathematical and theoretical},
  volume    = {49},
  journal   = {Journal of physics : A, Mathematical and theoretical},
  publisher = {IOP Publ. Ltd.},
  address   = {Bristol},
  issn      = {1751-8113},
  doi       = {10.1088/1751-8113/49/31/31LT02},
  pages     = {8},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {As has been shown by Watanabe and Strogatz (WS) (1993 Phys. Rev. Lett. 70 2391), a population of identical phase oscillators, sine-coupled to a common field, is a partially integrable system: for any ensemble size its dynamics reduce to equations for three collective variables. Here we develop a perturbation approach for weakly nonidentical ensembles. We calculate corrections to the WS dynamics for two types of perturbations: those due to a distribution of natural frequencies and of forcing terms, and those due to small white noise. We demonstrate that in both cases, the complex mean field for which the dynamical equations are written is close to the Kuramoto order parameter, up to the leading order in the perturbation. This supports the validity of the dynamical reduction suggested by Ott and Antonsen (2008 Chaos 18 037113) for weakly inhomogeneous populations.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{VlasovKomarovPikovskij2015,
  author    = {Vlasov, Vladimir and Komarov, Maxim and Pikovskij, Arkadij},
  title     = {Synchronization transitions in ensembles of noisy oscillators with bi-harmonic coupling},
  series = {Journal of physics : A, Mathematical and theoretical},
  volume    = {48},
  journal   = {Journal of physics : A, Mathematical and theoretical},
  number    = {10},
  publisher = {IOP Publ. Ltd.},
  address   = {Bristol},
  issn      = {1751-8113},
  doi       = {10.1088/1751-8113/48/10/105101},
  pages     = {16},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {We describe synchronization transitions in an ensemble of globally coupled phase oscillators with a bi-harmonic coupling function, and two sources of disorder-diversity of the intrinsic oscillators' frequencies, and external independent noise forces. Based on the self-consistent formulation, we derive analytic solutions for different synchronous states. We report on various non-trivial transitions from incoherence to synchrony, with the following possible scenarios: simple supercritical transition (similar to classical Kuramoto model); subcritical transition with large area of bistability of incoherent and synchronous solutions; appearance of a symmetric two-cluster solution which can coexist with the regular synchronous state. We show that the interplay between relatively small white noise and finite-size fluctuations can lead to metastability of the asynchronous solution.},
  language  = {en}
}