a Center for Nonlinear Science and School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30030, USA
b Department of Physics, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691, USA
Abstract:
Josephson junction arrays provide an ideal physical realization for studying the complex dynamics of the sort found in sandpile models. They provide a means of separately investigating the dual physical effects of nonlinearity and disorder, and hold promise as an example for establishing a rigorous connection between the governing differential equations and the corresponding cellular automaton.