Bubbling bifurcation: Loss of synchronization and shadowing breakdown in complex systems (Q2485291)

In the present study the authors pursued the close correspondence between shadowing breakdown via unstable dimension variability and the intermittent transition to synchronization in a complex system comprised of a coupled map lattice with variable range coupling. A tunable parameter allows the authors to pass continuously from a local (nearest-neighbor) to a global (mean field) coupling. The existence of a transition to synchronization as thus variable range is swept over its interval is a well-established fact, but in this paper the authors focused on the behaviour near criticality.