Analysis of bifurcation and explosive amplitude death in a pair of oscillators coupled via time-delay connection

Delay-induced amplitude death (AD) has received considerable research interest. Most studies on delay-induced AD investigated the local stability of equilibrium points. The present study examines the global dynamics of delay-induced AD in a pair of identical Stuart-Landau oscillators. Bifurcation diagrams consisting of synchronized periodic orbits and an equilibrium point are used to determine the mechanism of the emergence of delay-induced AD. It is shown that explosive delay-induced AD can occur via a Hopf bifurcation at the equilibrium point and a saddle-node bifurcation of synchronized periodic orbits when the delay time for the connection is continuously varied. The Hopf and saddle-node bifurcation curves in the coupling parameter space clarify the dependence of the coupling parameters on the global dynamics.