1999/03/12 by Alexei Vázquez, Alexei Vazquez, Vazquez, Alexei +2
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering #Condensed Matter (cond-mat) #FOS: Physical sciences #Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation #Theoretical and Computational Physics #cond-mat
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9903207
4 pages, RevTex, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett
arxiv created 1999/03/12 · openalex publication_date 1999/03/12 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The existence of self-organized criticality in the Barkhausen effect and its analogy with sandpile models is investigated. It is demonstrated that a model recently introduced to describe the dynamics of a domain wall [Cizeau et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 4669 (1997)] belongs to the universality class of undirected Abelian sandpile models. In this way it is shown that the Barhausen effect can be taken as an experimental observation of self-organized critical phenomena.