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Phys. Rev. E 74, 066109 (2006) [9 pages]

Transient and stationary behavior of the Olami-Feder-Christensen model

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Felix Wissel and Barbara Drossel
Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Darmstadt, Hochschulstrasse 6, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany

Received 27 July 2006; published 15 December 2006

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 α 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.

© 2006 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.74.066109
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.74.066109
PACS:
05.65.+b, 45.70.Ht