Stability of twisted states on lattices of Kuramoto oscillators

TL;DR

This paper investigates the stability of twisted states in lattices of coupled Kuramoto oscillators with non-local interactions, providing new estimates and numerical methods for stability analysis in 2D and higher dimensions.

Contribution

It introduces novel stability estimates for twisted states and a numerical test leveraging the Jacobian's structure, extending results to higher-dimensional lattices.

Findings

Derived new stability criteria for twisted states

Developed an accurate numerical stability test

Extended analysis from 2D to higher dimensions

Abstract

Real world systems comprised of coupled oscillators have the ability to exhibit spontaneous synchronization and other complex behaviors. The interplay between the underlying network topology and the emergent dynamics remains a rich area of investigation for both theory and experiment. In this work we study lattices of coupled Kuramoto oscillators with non-local interactions. Our focus is on the stability of twisted states. These are equilibrium solutions with constant phase shifts between oscillators resulting in spatially linear profiles. Linear stability analysis follows from studying the quadratic form associated with the Jacobian matrix. Novel estimates on both stable and unstable regimes of twisted states are obtained in several cases. Moreover, exploiting the "almost circulant" nature of the Jacobian obtains a surprisingly accurate numerical test for stability. While our focus is on 2D square lattices, we show how our results can be extended to higher dimensions.