Synchronization on complex networks with different sorts of communities

• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.0711.0530
• Publication Date: 2007-01-01
• Authors: Zhao, Ming; Zhou, Tao; Wang, Bing-Hong
• Keywords: Physics - Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability; 0103 physical sciences; FOS: Physical sciences; Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph); Physics - Computational Physics; 01 natural sciences; Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)

In this paper, inspired by the idea that many real networks are composed by different sorts of communities, we investigate the synchronization property of oscillators on such networks. We identify the communities by the intrinsic frequencies probability density $g(��)$ of Kuramoto oscillators. That is to say, communities in different sorts are functional different. For a network containing two sorts of communities, when the community strength is strong, only the oscillators in the same community synchronize. With the weakening of the community strength, an interesting phenomenon, \emph{Community Grouping}, appears: although the global synchronization is not achieved, oscillators in the same sort of communities will synchronize. Global synchronization will appear with the further reducing of the community strength, and the oscillators will rotate around the average frequency.<br/>5 pages, 6 figures<br/>