Dynamics of the Kuramoto model in the presence of correlation between distributions of frequencies and coupling strengths

Abstract

As a paradigmatic model, the Kuramoto model has provided a platform for investigating synchronization among nonidentical oscillators. In this work, we consider the Kuramoto model consisting of conformists with positive coupling strength and contrarians with negative coupling strength. We introduce the correlation between the distributions of natural frequencies and the coupling strengths of oscillators. Three different types of correlations are considered. We find rich dynamics result from the correlation such as different types of traveling wave states and, most interestingly, another type of nonstationary state: an oscillating π state.