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We present a numerical study of Rayleigh-B\'enard convection disturbed by a longitudinal wind. Our results show that under the action of the wind, the vertical heat flux through the cell initially decreases, due to the mechanism of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-17 Andrea Scagliarini , Armann Gylfason , Federico Toschi

A combination of spectral and moments analysis of the continuous X-ray flux data is used to show consistency of statistical properties of the powerful solar flares with 2D BTW prototype model of self-organized criticality.

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Bershadskii , K. R. Sreenivasan

Multiscale phenomena are ubiquitous in nature as well in laboratories. A broad range of interacting space and time scales determines the dynamics of many systems which are inherently multiscale. In most research disciplines multiscale…

Space Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. M. Zaslavsky , P. N. Guzdar , M. Edelman , M. I. Sitnov , A. S. Sharma

We show that the generating functions of avalanche observables in SOC models exhibits a Lee-Yang phenomenon. This establishes a new link between the classical theory of critical phenomena and SOC. A scaling theory of the Lee-Yang zeroes is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Cessac , J. L. Meunier

We investigate the relevance of {\sl self-organized criticality (SOC)} models in previously published empirical datasets, which includes statistical observations in astrophysics, geophysics, biophysics, sociophysics, and informatics. We…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-05 Markus J. Aschwanden , Felix Scholkmann

The observed powerlaw distributions of solar flare parameters can be interpreted in terms of a nonlinear dissipative system in the state of self-organized criticality (SOC). We present a universal analytical model of a SOC process that is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-13 Markus J. Aschwanden

We investigate a random--neighbours version of the two dimensional non-conserving earthquake model of Olami, Feder and Christensen [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 68}, 1244 (1992)]. We show both analytically and numerically that criticality can be…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Stefano Lise , Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen

Out of time ordered correlators (OTOCs) are useful tools for investigating foundational questions such as thermalization in closed quantum systems because they can potentially distinguish between integrable and nonintegrable dynamics. Here…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-10-04 Jonathon Riddell , Wyatt Kirkby , D. H. J. O'Dell , Erik S. Sørensen

Horizontally-periodic Boussinesq Rayleigh-B\'enard Convection (RBC) is a simple model system to study the formation of large-scale structures in turbulent convective flows. We performed a suite of 2D numerical simulations of RBC between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-23 F. Kupka , D. Fabbian , F. Zaussinger , D. Krüger , L. Gizon

Turbulent Rayleigh-B\'enard convection displays a large-scale order in the form of rolls and cells on lengths larger than the layer height once the fluctuations of temperature and velocity are removed. These turbulent superstructures are…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-05-30 Ambrish Pandey , Janet D. Scheel , Jörg Schumacher

We investigate numerically the statistical properties of the large scale flow in Rayleigh--B\'enard convection. By using an external random perturbation on the temperature field, we were able to decrease the effective Prandtl number of the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Roberto Benzi , Roberto Verzicco

The original sandpile model of Bak, Tang and Wiesenfeld from 1987 has inspired lots of consequent work and further ideas of how to describe the birth of scale-invariant statistics in various systems and in particular models. In this article…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mikko Alava

We calculate for the first time the probability density functions (PDFs) P of burst energy e, duration T and inter-burst interval tau for a known turbulent system in nature. Bursts in the earth-sun component of the Poynting flux at 1 AU in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. P. Freeman , N. W. Watkins , D. J. Riley

Self-organised criticality (SOC) has been suggested as a potentially powerful unifying paradigm for interpreting the structure of, and signals from, accretion systems. After reviewing the most promising sites where SOC might be observable,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 R. O. Dendy , P. Helander , M. Tagger

A dynamic scaling Ansatz for the approach to the Self-Organized Critical (SOC) regime is proposed and tested by means of extensive simulations applied to the Bak-Sneppen model (BS), which exhibits robust SOC behavior. Considering the…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2009-11-11 Karina Laneri , Alejandro F. Rozenfeld , Ezequiel V. Albano

In turbulent Rayleigh-Benard convection, a large-scale circulation (LSC) develops in a nearly vertical plane, and is maintained by rising and falling plumes detaching from the unstable thermal boundary layers. Rare but large fluctuations in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-28 Michael Assaf , Luiza Angheluta , Nigel Goldenfeld

The irregular reversals of wind direction in convective turbulence are found to have fluctuating intervals that can be related to critical behavior. It is shown that the net magnetization of a 2D Ising lattice of finite size fluctuates in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 Rudolph C. Hwa , C. B. Yang , S. Bershadskii , J. J. Niemela , K. R. Sreenivasan

Self-organized criticality (SOC) refers to the ability of complex systems to evolve towards a 2nd-order phase transition at which interactions between system components lead to scale-invariant events beneficial for system performance. For…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2021-05-18 Dietmar Plenz , Tiago L. Ribeiro , Stephanie R. Miller , Patrick A. Kells , Ali Vakili , Elliott L. Capek

Avalanches, or Avalanche-like, events are often observed in the dynamical behaviour of many complex systems which span from solar flaring to the Earth's crust dynamics and from traffic flows to financial markets. Self-organized criticality…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Bartolozzi

Direct Numerical Simulations of turbulent convection in a large aspect-ratio box are carried out in the range of Rayleigh number $7 \times 10^4 \le Ra \le 2 \times 10^6$ at Prandtl number Pr=0.71. A strong correlation between the vertical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-08-09 Arnab K. De , Vinayak Eswaran , Pankaj K. Mishra