Branched Flow
Imperfection generates structure: channeling without channels
Uniform Medium
Uniform densityEnergy dilutes evenly
Imperfect Medium
Smooth random variationsEnergy concentrates into filaments
waves · strongest filamentbranching filaments where energy concentratessmooth random variations in the medium
The same waves, the same energy; the only difference is imperfection.
Structure self-assembles from random variation: channeling without channels.