ENERGY AVALANCHES IN A RICE-PILE MODEL

Authors
AMARAL LAN LAURITSEN KB
Citation
Lan. Amaral et Kb. Lauritsen, ENERGY AVALANCHES IN A RICE-PILE MODEL, Physica. A, 231(4), 1996, pp. 608-614
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physica. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03784371
Volume
231
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
608 - 614
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-4371(1996)231:4<608:EAIARM>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We investigate a one-dimensional rice-pile model. We show that the dis tribution of dissipated potential energy decays as a power law with an exponent alpha = 1.53. The system thus provides a one-dimensional exa mple of self-organized criticality. Different driving conditions are e xamined in order to allow for comparisons with experiments.