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| Chimera states are coherence-incoherence patterns observed
in homogeneous discrete oscillatory media with a non-local coupling.
Despite their nontrivial dynamical nature,
such patterns can be effectively analyzed
in the framework of the continuum limit formalism.
Based on the statistical physics concept of local mean field
and the Ott-Antonsen invariant manifold reduction,
one can explain typical bifurcation scenarios
leading to the appearance of chimera states.
This provides a natural classification
of known coherence-incoherence patterns,
which also can be applied to predict their new types. |
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