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Title: Self-organized criticality, long-time correlations, and the standard transport paradigm

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/751200· OSTI ID:751200

Some aspects of low-frequency, long-wavelength fluctuations are considered. A stochastic model is used to show that power-law time correlations need not arise from self-organized criticality. A formula for the frequency spectrum of uncorrelated, overlapping avalanches is shown to be a special case of the spectral balance equation of renormalized statistical turbulence theory. It is argued that there need be no contradiction between the presence of long-time correlations and the existence of local transport coefficients.

Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073
OSTI ID:
751200
Report Number(s):
PPPL-3435; TRN: US0000895
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 11 Feb 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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