Exactly solvable sandpile with fractal avalanching

A simple one-dimensional sandpile model is constructed which possesses exact analytical solvability while displaying both scale-free behavior and fractal properties. The sandpile grows by avalanching on all scales, yet its shape and energy content are described by a simple, continuous (but nowhere differentiable) analytical formula. The avalanche energy distribution and the avalanche time series are both pou er lows with index -1 (''1/f spectra''). [S1063-651X(99)00306-2].

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Publication status:
Published
Author(s):
Authors: Helander, P., Chapman, S.C., Dendy, R.O., Rowlands, G., Watkins, N.W.

Date:
1 June, 1999
Journal/Source:
Physical Review E. / 59
Page(s):
6356-6360
Link to published article:
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.59.6356