Self-organized criticality: An explanation of the 1/<i>f</i>noise
Per BakPhysics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973Chao TangPhysics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973Kurt WiesenfeldPhysics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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ABI
Abstract
We show that dynamical systems with spatial degrees of freedom naturally evolve into a self-organized critical point. Flicker noise, or 1/f noise, can be identified with the dynamics of the critical state. This picture also yields insight into the origin of fractal objects.
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