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Sandpile Model for Relaxation in Complex Systems

Condensed Matter 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The relaxation in complex systems is in general nonexponential. After an initial rapid decay the system relax slowly following a long time tail. In the present paper a sandpile modelation of the relaxation in complex systems is analysed. Complexity is introduced by a process of avalanches in the Bethe lattice and a feedback mechanism which leads to slower decay with increasing time. In this way, some features of relaxation in complex systems: long time tails relaxation, aging, and fractal distribution of characteristic times, are obtained by simple computer simulations.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9710067,
  title  = {Sandpile Model for Relaxation in Complex Systems},
  author = {A. Vazquez and O. Sotolongo-Costa and F. Brouers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9710067},
  year   = {2007}
}

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16 pages, LaTex with epsf style