title: Modified renormalization strategy for sandpile models.
abstract: Following the renormalization-group scheme recently developed by Pietronero et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 1690 (1994)] we introduce a simplifying strategy for the renormalization of the relaxation dynamics of sandpile models. In our scheme, five subcells at a generic scale b form the renormalized cell at the next larger scale. Now the fixed point has a unique nonzero dynamical component that allows for a great simplification in the computation of the critical exponent z. The values obtained are in good agreement with both numerical and theoretical results previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Pacheco