Fig. 10: Ideal transition from synchrony to turbulence.
From: Between synchrony and turbulence: intricate hierarchies of coexistence patterns
The synchronized state is initially broken into two clusters. These clusters are in turn split into successively smaller clusters in a cluster-splitting cascade. When the smallest cluster is just a single oscillator, a symmetry-increasing bifurcation occurs. Hereby, one or more clusters are abruptly broken into single oscillators that henceforth all behave equally in the long run. Additional symmetry-increasing bifurcations ultimately lead to a turbulent state of only single oscillators. The last step but one is often a chimera state.
