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Sandpile model on a quenched substrate generated by kinetic self-avoiding trails
Kinetic self-avoiding trails are introduced and used to generate a substrate
of randomly quenched flow vectors. Sandpile model is studied on such a
substrate with asymmetric toppling matrices where the precise balance between
the net outflow of grains from a toppling site and the total inflow of grains
to the same site when all its neighbors topple once is maintained at all sites.
Within numerical accuracy this model behaves in the same way as the
multiscaling BTW model.Comment: Four pages, five figure
Critical States in a Dissipative Sandpile Model
A directed dissipative sandpile model is studied in the two-dimension.
Numerical results indicate that the long time steady states of this model are
critical when grains are dropped only at the top or, everywhere. The critical
behaviour is mean-field like. We discuss the role of infinite avalanches of
dissipative models in periodic systems in determining the critical behaviour of
same models in open systems.Comment: 4 pages (Revtex), 5 ps figures (included
Precise toppling balance, quenched disorder, and universality for sandpiles
A single sandpile model with quenched random toppling matrices captures the
crucial features of different models of self-organized criticality. With
symmetric matrices avalanche statistics falls in the multiscaling BTW
universality class. In the asymmetric case the simple scaling of the Manna
model is observed. The presence or absence of a precise toppling balance
between the amount of sand released by a toppling site and the total quantity
the same site receives when all its neighbors topple once determines the
appropriate universality class.Comment: 5 Revtex pages, 4 figure
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