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.
- Received 13 March 1987
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.381
©1987 American Physical Society