Explanation of flicker noise with the Bak-Tang-Wiesenfeld model of self-organized criticality

Alexander Shapoval and Mikhail Shnirman
Phys. Rev. E 110, 014106 – Published 1 July 2024

Abstract

With the original Bak-Tang-Wisenefeld (BTW) sandpile we uncover the 1/φ noise in the mechanism maintaining self-organized criticality (SOC)—the question raised together with the concept of SOC. The BTW sandpile and the phenomenon of SOC in general are built on the slow time scale at which the system is loaded and the fast time scale at which the stress is transported outward from overloaded locations. Exploring the dynamics of stress in the slow time in the BTW sandpile, we posit that it follows cycles of gradual stress accumulation that end up with an abrupt stress release and the drop of the system to subcritical state. As the system size grows, the intracycle dynamics exhibits the 1/φ-like spectrum that extends boundlessly and corresponds to the stress release within the critical state.

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  • Received 19 November 2023
  • Revised 4 March 2024
  • Accepted 21 May 2024

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.110.014106

©2024 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Alexander Shapoval*

  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Łódż, Banacha 22, Łódż 90-238, Poland

Mikhail Shnirman

  • *Contact author: abshapoval@gmail.com

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Vol. 110, Iss. 1 — July 2024

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