1/f noise in bak-tang-wiesenfeld models on narrow stripes

Sergei Maslov, Chao Tang, Yi Cheng Zhang

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Abstract

We report our findings of a 1/f power spectrum for the total amount of sand in directed and undirected Bak-Tang-Wiesenfeld models confined to narrow stripes and driven locally. The underlying mechanism for the 1/f noise in these systems is an exponentially long configuration memory giving rise to a very broad distribution of time scales. Both models are solved analytically with the help of an operator algebra to explicitly show the appearance of the long configuration memory.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2449-2452
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume83
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 1999
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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