Finite-size effects of avalanche dynamics
Finite-size effects of avalanche dynamics
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DOI:
10.1103/physreve.66.066137
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发表时间:
2002-12-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Ernst, UA
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作者:
Eurich, CW;Herrmann, JM;Ernst, UA
We study the avalanche dynamics of a system of globally coupled threshold elements receiving random input. The model belongs to the same universality class as the random-neighbor version of the Olami-Feder-Christensen stick-slip model. A closed expression for avalanche size distributions is derived for arbitrary system sizes N using geometrical arguments in the system's configuration space. For finite systems, approximate power-law behavior is obtained in the nonconservative regime, whereas for N-->infinity, critical behavior with an exponent of -3/2 is found in the conservative case only. We compare these results to the avalanche properties found in networks of integrate-and-fire neurons, and relate the different dynamical regimes to the emergence of synchronization with and without oscillatory components.