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Energy avalanches in a rice-pile model

Statistical Mechanics 2015-06-25 v1

Abstract

We investigate a one-dimensional rice-pile model. We show that the distribution of dissipated potential energy decays as a power law with an exponent α=1.53\alpha=1.53. The system thus provides a one-dimensional example of self-organized criticality. Different driving conditions are examined in order to allow for comparison with experiments.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9610011,
  title  = {Energy avalanches in a rice-pile model},
  author = {Luis A. Nunes Amaral and Kent B. Lauritsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9610011},
  year   = {2015}
}

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