Explosive synchronization in mono and multilayer networks

Explosive synchronization, an abrupt transition to a collective coherent state, has been the focus of an extensive research since its first observation in scale-free networks with degree-frequency correlations. In this work, we report several scenarios where a first-order transition to synchronization occurs driven by the presence of a dependence between dynamics and network structure. Therefore, different mechanisms are shown to be able to prevent the formation of a giant synchronization cluster for sufficient large values of the coupling constant in both mono and multilayer networks. Using the Kuramoto model as a reference, we show how for an arbitrary network topology and frequency distribution, a very general weighting procedure acting on the weight of the links delays the synchronization transition forming independent synchronization clusters which suddenly merge above a critical threshold of the coupling constant. A completely dfferent scenario in adaptive and multilayer networks is introduced which gives rise to the emergence of an explosive synchronization when a feedback between the dynamics and structure is operating by means of dependence links weighted through the order parameter.