Universality Classes of Optimal Channel Networks
Energy minimization of both homogeneous and heterogeneous river networks shows that, over a range of parameter values, there are only three distinct universality classes. The exponents for all three classes of behavior are calculated.
Maritan
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A. Maritan, F. Colaiori, A. Flammini, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia, International School for Advanced Studies, I-34014 Grignano di Trieste and sezione INFN di Trieste, Italy. M. Cieplak, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland. J. R. Banavar, Department of Physics and Center for Materials Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, 104 Davey Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Colaiori
F
Flammini
A
Cieplak
M
Banavar
JR