Phase organization

Chao Tang, Kurt Wiesenfeld, Per Bak, Susan Coppersmith, and Peter Littlewood
Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 1161 – Published 23 March 1987
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Abstract

We describe the selection mechanism for novel pattern formation in a driven chain of nonlinear oscillators. Phase organization arises as a consequence of dynamical selection of minimally stable states.

  • Received 24 December 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.1161

©1987 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Chao Tang, Kurt Wiesenfeld, and Per Bak

  • Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973

Susan Coppersmith

  • Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

Peter Littlewood

  • AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974

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Vol. 58, Iss. 12 — 23 March 1987

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