Chimera Patterns in Networks

Anna Zakharova obtained her doctoral degree in Theoretical Physics with the distinction magna cum laude from the University of Potsdam in Germany in 2012. Since then she has been a Research Associate at the Department of Theoretical Physics of TU Berlin (Berlin Institute of Technology). She is the Principal Investigator of the projects “Controlling complex networks: interplay of structure, noise, and delay” and "Control and dynamics of multilayer networks" as part of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 910, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Her research focuses on nonlinear dynamical systems, noise-induced dynamics, control of neural networks, oscillation suppression in nonlinear dynamical systems and networks, and stochastic effects in networks with delay. She has written 51 peer-reviewed publications.

“It pays to a blend of rich dynamics and practical considerations, the book will be particularly useful to those readers who are new to the study of complex systems that exhibit chimeras. They will appreciate how Zakharova includes a thorough discussion of topics that tend to puzzle researchers entering the world of chimeras, such as the choice and importance of parameters and initial conditions.” (Per Sebastian Skardal, Physics Today, September, 2021)

• Introduction.- Amplitude chimeras and chimera death in ring networks.- Coherence-resonance chimeras in ring networks.- Towards realistic topologies: Coherence, incoherence and partial synchronization patterns.