https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2014-02128-8
Editorial
Synchronized pendula: From Huygens' clocks to chimera states
1 Division of Dynamics, Technical University of Lodz, 90-924 Lodz, Stefanowskiego 1/15, Poland
2 Department of Physics, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
3 Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
4 Institute for Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
a e-mail: tomaszka@p.lodz.pl
b e-mail: kurths@pik-potsdam.de
Received: 2 March 2014
Revised: 18 March 2014
Published online: 28 April 2014
This topical issue collects contribution exemplifying the recent scientific progress in understanding the dynamics of coupled pendula. The individual papers focus on different questions of present day interest in theory and applications of systems of coupled oscillators. Both theoretical and experimental studies are presented.
© EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag, 2014
