Amplitude death: The cessation of oscillations in coupled nonlinear dynamical systems

Abstract

Here we extend a recent review (Physics Reports 521, 205 (2012)) of amplitude death, namely the suppression of oscillations due to the coupling interactions between nonlinear dynamical systems. This is an important emergent phenomenon that is operative under a variety of scenarios. We summarize results of recent studies that have significantly added to our understanding of the mechanisms that underlie the process, and also discuss the phase–flip transition, a characteristic and unusual effect that occurs in the transient dynamics as the oscillations die out.