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1/f noise in spatially extended systems with order-disorder phase transitions

patt-sol 2007-05-23 v1 Statistical Mechanics Pattern Formation and Solitons Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability

Abstract

Noise power spectra in spatially extended dynamical systems are investigated, using as a model the Complex Ginzburg-Landau equation with a stochastic term. Analytical and numerical investigations show that the temporal noise spectra are of 1/f^a form, where a=2-D/2 with D the spatial dimension of the system. This suggests that nonequilibrium order-disorder phase transitions may play a role for the universally observed 1/f noise.

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@article{arxiv.patt-sol/9912004,
  title  = {1/f noise in spatially extended systems with order-disorder phase transitions},
  author = {Kestutis Staliunas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:patt-sol/9912004},
  year   = {2007}
}

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7 pages, 2 figures submitted to Phys.Rev.Letters