1/f Fluctuations of the Damped Nonlinear Oscillator Equation

M. Duong-Van, M.D. Feit, G.W. Hedstrom

Physics Letters A , vol. 147, no.4, 195-198 (9 July, 1990)


Abstract

The 1/f power spectrum occurs naturally for a damped nonlinear oscillator when it relaxes from high initial kinetic energy. We demonstrate this for the damped pendulum equation which, since it can describe the Josephson equation, a particle in a periodic potential, etc., might be applicable in a number of contexts.

math model of 1/f section