On the relation between Vicsek and Kuramoto models of spontaneous synchronization

A.A. Chepizhko and V.L. Kulinskii

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2010, vol. 389, issue 23, 5347-5352

Abstract: The Vicsek model for self-propelling particles in 2D is investigated with respect to the addition of the stochastic perturbation of dynamic equations. We show that this model represents in essence the same type of bifurcations under a different type of noise as the celebrated Kuramoto model of spontaneous synchronization. These models demonstrate similar behavior at least within the mean-field approach. To prove this we consider two types of noise for the Vicsek model which are commonly considered in the literature: the intrinsic and the extrinsic ones (according to the terminology of Pimentel et al. [J.A. Pimentel, M. Aldana, C. Huepe, H. Larralde, Intrinsic and extrinsic noise effects on phase transitions of network models with applications to swarming systems, Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 77 (6) (2008) doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.77.061138. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.77.061138]). The qualitative correspondence with the bifurcation of stationary states in the Kuramoto model is stated. A new type of stochastic perturbation—the “mixed” noise is proposed. It is constructed as the weighted superposition of the intrinsic and the extrinsic noises. The corresponding phase diagram “noise amplitude vs. interaction strength” is obtained. The possibility of the tricritical behavior for the Vicsek model is predicted.

Keywords: Self-organized criticality; Coupled oscillators; Self-propelled particles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2010.08.016

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