Ràfols, IsmaelVives i Santa-Eulàlia, Eduard2009-12-242009-12-2419950163-1829https://hdl.handle.net/2445/10482Using a scaling assumption, we propose a phenomenological model aimed to describe the joint probability distribution of two magnitudes A and T characterizing the spatial and temporal scales of a set of avalanches. The model also describes the correlation function of a sequence of such avalanches. As an example we study the joint distribution of amplitudes and durations of the acoustic emission signals observed in martensitic transformations [Vives et al., preceding paper, Phys. Rev. B 52, 12 644 (1995)].6 p.application/pdfeng(c) The American Physical Society, 1995Física estadísticaTermodinàmicaTransformacions martensítiquesStatistical physicsThermodynamicsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article151684info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess