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Exact solution of stochastic directed sandpile model

Statistical Mechanics 2009-10-31 v3

Abstract

We introduce and analytically solve a directed sandpile model with stochastic toppling rules. The model clearly belongs to a different universality class from its counterpart with deterministic toppling rules, previously solved by Dhar and Ramaswamy. The critical exponents are D_||=7/4, \tau=10/7 in two dimensions and D_||=3/2, \tau=4/3 in one dimension. The upper critical dimension of the model is three, at which the exponents apart from logarithmic corrections reach their mean-field values D_||=2, \tau=3/2.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0005528,
  title  = {Exact solution of stochastic directed sandpile model},
  author = {Morten Kloster and Sergei Maslov and Chao Tang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0005528},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, 2 figures. Added numerical data for 3D case (2nd figure)

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