Directed Abelian sandpile with multiple downward neighbors

Phys Rev E. 2016 Apr:93:042107. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.93.042107. Epub 2016 Apr 8.

Abstract

We study the directed Abelian sandpile model on a square lattice, with K downward neighbors per site, K>2. The K=3 case is solved exactly, which extends the earlier known solution for the K=2 case. For K>2, the avalanche clusters can have holes and side branches and are thus qualitatively different from the K=2 case where avalanche clusters are compact. However, we find that the critical exponents for K>2 are identical with those for the K=2 case, and the large-scale structure of the avalanches for K>2 tends to the K=2 case.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't