Scaling properties of a one-dimensional sandpile model with grain dissipation.
We have studied a stochastic sandpile model with grain dissipation as a generalization of the Oslo sandpile model. During a toppling event, grains are removed from the pile with a probability p. Scaling arguments and simulations suggest that an arbitrarily small dissipation rate p yields a noncritical behavior, in contrast to the robust critical behavior of the Oslo sandpile model.
Jettestuen
Espen
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Physics of Geological Processes, University of Oslo, Box 1048 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway. ejette@fys.uio.no
Malthe-Sørenssen
Anders
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