Two correlation patterns as indicators for underlying dynamics of complex systems

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2005 Jan;71(1 Pt 2):017103. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.017103. Epub 2005 Jan 12.

Abstract

Two spatial correlation patterns, fixed-to-arbitrary and neighboring bin correlation patterns, are suggested. It is demonstrated that these patterns present scale-independent and distinguishable measures for correlated and uncorrelated random multiplicative cascade processes. Their application to very high multiplicity events in relativistic heavy ion collisions is discussed.