Cloning of Chimera States in a Network of Bistable Time-Delayed Feedback Oscillators

The collective dynamics in a multiplex network of identical oscillators with time-delayed feedback is studied. In the numerical simulation, we demonstrate a new effect, named as cloning of chimera states. We have shown that this cloning occurs as a result of dynamics competition between the pairs of oscillators from different layers, but not due to the synchronization of oscillators.