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Self-organized criticality: An explanation of the 1/<i>f</i>noise

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…

Per Bak, Chao Tang, Kurt Wiesenfeld
https://resea.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.