Self-organized criticality: An explanation of the 1/fnoise

27 July 1987

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 59 (4) , 381-384
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.59.381

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.

Keywords

EXPLANATION
ORGANIZED CRITICALITY
1/F
FRACTAL
PICTURE
FREEDOM
FLICKER NOISE

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Phase organization
Physical Review Letters, 1987
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Physical Review B, 1976