Dynamical mechanism behind ghosts unveiled in a map complexification
Jordi Canela, Llu\'is Alsed\`a, N\'uria Fagella, Josep Sardany\'es

TL;DR
This paper uncovers the complex-space dynamical mechanism behind long delays and scaling laws near saddle-node bifurcations in complexified ecological models, revealing the role of nearby repellers in causing ghosts.
Contribution
It demonstrates that long delays after bifurcations are caused by two repellers in the complex phase space, providing analytical relations and extending the findings to general models.
Findings
Identifies two repellers in complex space causing ghosts.
Establishes the link between repellers and inverse square-root scaling.
Shows the phenomenon applies to non-polynomial models.
Abstract
Complex systems such as ecosystems, electronic circuits, lasers or chemical reactions can be modelled by dynamical systems which typically experience bifurcations. Transients typically suffer extremely long delays at the vicinity of bifurcations and it is also known that these transients follow scaling laws as the bifurcation parameter gets closer the bifurcation value in deterministic systems. The mechanisms involved in local bifurcations are well-known. However, for saddle-node bifurcations, the relevant dynamics after the bifurcation occur in the complex phase space. Hence, the mechanism responsible for the delays and the associated inverse-square root scaling law for this bifurcation can be better understood by looking at the dynamics in the complex space. We follow this approach and complexify a simple ecological system undergoing a saddle-node bifurcation. The discrete model…
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