Traveling Speed of Clusters in the Kuramoto-Sakaguchi Model

TL;DR

This paper investigates the traveling speed of clusters in a modified Kuramoto-Sakaguchi model with mixed positive and negative coupling, providing numerical and analytical insights into the conditions for traveling states.

Contribution

It introduces a variant of the Kuramoto-Sakaguchi model with mixed coupling signs and derives an expression for cluster traveling speed, enhancing understanding of cluster dynamics.

Findings

Derived an expression for traveling speed based on model parameters

Identified conditions for the emergence of traveling states

Numerical data fit well with the analytical expression

Abstract

We study a variant of Kuramoto-Sakaguchi model in which oscillators are divided into two groups, each characterized by its coupling constant and phase lag. Specifically, we consider the case that one coupling constant is positive and the other negative, and calculate numerically the traveling speed of two clusters emerging in the system and average separation between them as well as the order parameters for positive and negative oscillators, as the two coupling constants, phase lags, and the fraction of positive oscillators are varied. An expression explaining the dependence of the traveling speed on these parameters is obtained and observed to fit well the numerical data. With the help of this, we describe the conditions for the traveling state to appear in the system.