Question

A form of this phenomenon studied by Aldert van der Ziel that occurs in the abelian sandpile model is sometimes named for the fact that it obeys an inverse power law with an exponent between 1 and 2. So-called “dark current” occurs due to a type of this phenomenon discovered via experiments in vacuum tubes. (-5[1])A form of this phenomenon is modelled as a Poisson process and occurs due to electric (10[1])charge quantization. (10[1])Thermal agitation produces a form of this phenomenon named for Johnson and Nyquist. (10[1])A form of this phenomenon (10[1])has a constant power spectral density across all frequencies and is called its “white” form. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this random fluctuation of a signal, which in audio devices (10[1])is responsible for the sound of static. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: noise [accept shot noise, white noise, pink noise, one-over-f noise, Poisson noise, or Johnson–Nyquist noise]
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Maximilian NieburJohns Hopkins AMaryland A54-5
Richard NiuCornell BNYU A7010
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay CollegeColumbia C7210
Danny HanPenn ARutgers A8510
Kaiben BennettHaverford BGeorge Washington A9010
Noah ChenColumbia BYale A10510
Taaj RaiGeorge Washington BNYU B105-5
Gus VanskikeMaryland BVassar A11910
Isaac MammelMaryland AJohns Hopkins A12710
Zaid AsifNYU BGeorge Washington B12710
Leonard CastinePenn BHaverford A12710