Synchronization of integrate and fire oscillators with global coupling

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Abstract
We study the behavior of globally coupled assemblies of a large number of integrate and fire oscillators with excitatory pulselike interactions. On some simple models we show that the additive effects of pulses on the state of integrate and fire oscillators are sufficient for the synchronization of the relaxations of all the oscillators. This synchronization occurs in two forms depending on the system: either the oscillators evolve ‘‘en bloc’’ at the same phase and therefore relax together or the oscillators do not remain in phase but their relaxations occur always in stable avalanches. We prove that synchronization can occur independently of the convexity or concavity of the oscillator evolution function. Furthermore the presence of disorder, up to some level, is not only compatible with synchronization, but removes some possible degeneracy of identical systems and allows new mechanisms towards this state. © 1996 The American Physical Society.
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