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Self-organized Criticality on Small World Networks

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-07 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

We study the BTW-height model of self-organized criticality on a square lattice with some long range connections giving to the lattice the character of small world network. We find that as function of the fraction pp of long ranged bonds the power law of the avalanche size and lifetime distribution changes following a crossover scaling law with crossover exponents 2/3 and 1 for size and lifetime respectively.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0110239,
  title  = {Self-organized Criticality on Small World Networks},
  author = {L. de Arcangelis and H. J. Herrmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0110239},
  year   = {2009}
}

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