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Stochastic Cascade Amplification of Fluctuations

Chaotic Dynamics 2015-02-23 v1

Abstract

We consider a dynamical system which has a stable attractor and which is perturbed by an additive noise. Under some quite typical conditions, the fluctuations from the attractor are intermittent and have a probability distribution with power-law tails. We show that this results from a stochastic cascade of amplification of fluctuations due to transient periods of instability. The exponent of the power-law is interpreted as a negative fractal dimension.

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@article{arxiv.1502.05855,
  title  = {Stochastic Cascade Amplification of Fluctuations},
  author = {Michael Wilkinson and Robin Guichardaz and Marc Pradas and Alain Pumir},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.05855},
  year   = {2015}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures

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