Rhythmic applause

This web-site is in support of our brief communication published in NATURE

Here is our paper as it appeared in Nature: Self Organization in The Concert Hall. (PDF, 110Kb)
A long version of our paper: in PDF (228 Kb) or post-script (1.0 Mb) format.
A transparency set of a presentation: in PDF (236 Kb) or post-script (1.1 Mb) format

Echoes in the media:

ABCNews: Many Hands Clapping. (with a RealAudio recording)
Discovery.com: Synchronized Clapping a Primal Desire?
South Bend Tribune: Study: U.S. out of sync with European applause.
FoxNews: Roar of the crowd shows social organization
Cotidianul: Aplaudatul sincronizat al romanilor este un fenomen cultural local inedit

Additional resources:

A recording of the characteristic rhythmic applause scenario: WAV (0.8Mb).
Short movies of the clapping audience in Quicktime MOV and Windows AVI format.
- a small size 3s greyscale movie: MOV(0.3Mb) or AVI (0.7 Mb).
- a larger size 3s greyscale movie: MOV (1.1Mb) or AVI (8.8 Mb ).
- a small size 3s color movie: MOV (0.4Mb) or AVI (2.5 Mb).
- a larger size 3s color movie: MOV (1.5Mb) or AVI (9.9 Mb).
- a small size 5s color movie: MOV (0.6Mb) or AVI (4.2 Mb).

Author information:

Zoltán Néda
Associate Professor,
E-mail:zneda@phys.ubbcluj.ro
Affiliation: Department of Theoretical Physics, Babes-Bolyai University , Cluj, Romania
Research Interest: statistical physics, computational physics

Albert-László Barabási
Associate Professor,
E-mail:alb@nd.edu
Affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Notre-Dame, Indiana, U.S.A
Research Interest: statistical physics, computational physics

Erzsébet Ravasz
Graduate Student,
E-mail:erzso@atom.ubbcluj.ro
Affiliation: Department of Physics, Babes-Bolyai University , Cluj, Romania
Research Interest: statistical physics, computational physics

Yves Brechet
Professor in Material Science,
E-mail:ybrechet@ltpcm.inpg.fr
Affiliation: ENSEEG-LTPCM, Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble , Grenoble, France
Research Interest: material science, mesoscopic modelisation

Tamás Vicsek
Professor in Biological Physics, Chairman,
E-mail:vicsek@angel.elte.hu
Affiliation: Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös-Loránd University , Budapest, Hungary
Research Interest: biological physics, interdisciplinary problems

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Created on February 24, 2000