Mean field theory of self-organized critical phenomena

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · J. Stat. Phys.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01014884· OSTI ID:6356863

Tang, C; Bak, P

A mean field theory is presented for the recently discovered self-organized critical phenomena. The critical exponents are calculated and found to be the same as the mean field values for percolation. The power spectrum has 1/f behavior with exponent Phi = 1.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Santa Barbara (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6356863
• Journal Information: J. Stat. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 51:5-6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ENTROPY
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