title: Transient and stationary behavior of the Olami-Feder-Christensen model.
abstract: Using long-term computer simulations and mean-field-like arguments, we investigate the transient time and the properties of the stationary state of the Olami-Feder-Christensen model as function of the coupling parameter alpha and the system size N. The most important findings are that the transient time increases with a nonuniversal exponent of the system size, and that the avalanche size distribution will not approach a power law with increasing system size.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany.
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wissel
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Drossel