Systems operating with all their parts in synchrony are
said to be synchronous. Synchronization is a phenomena where many random units
operate a in unison
when they are coupled. Take an example of "flashing fire flies" on a
tree . You
would see flashes ( one or two flies flash and then
suddenly almost all of them
flash and then it repeats). How do they know when to flash ?
Synchronization is a collective behaviour seen in nature. Cardiac
pacemakers
singing crickets and firing neurons, all function in unison.
Several coupled units can go through a phase transition from
a random or
de-synchronized phase to a synchronized phase. Generically, these
transitions belongs to the universality class of DP or KPZ. The
Langevin
theory predicts that, even a first order synchronization transition
is possible.
In one of my work (the first one,
below) I tried to construct a model
system
to see the observed discontinuous transition.
Ref
:
Title:First-order
Synchronization Transition in Locally
