Symmetries and Fixed Point Stability of Stochastic Differential Equations Modeling Self-Organized Criticality

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1996-12-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9612100v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

19 pages, RevTex, includes 6 PostScript figures, Phys. Rev. E (March 97?)

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.55.2434

A stochastic nonlinear partial differential equation is built for two different models exhibiting self-organized criticality, the Bak, Tang, and Wiesenfeld (BTW) sandpile model and the Zhang's model. The dynamic renormalization group (DRG) enables to compute the critical exponents. However, the nontrivial stable fixed point of the DRG transformation is unreachable for the original parameters of the models. We introduce an alternative regularization of the step function involved in the threshold condition, which breaks the symmetry of the BTW model. Although the symmetry properties of the two models are different, it is shown that they both belong to the same universality class. In this case the DRG procedure leads to a symmetric behavior for both models, restoring the broken symmetry, and makes accessible the nontrivial fixed point. This technique could also be applied to other problems with threshold dynamics.

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