Absorbing-state phase transitions in fixed-energy sandpiles

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 4564-4582

  Vespignani, Alessandro ^a   Dickman, Ronald ^b   Muñoz, Miguel A ^c   Zapperi, Stefano ^d  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CRITICAL ENERGY DENSITY; INTERFACE DYNAMICS; SANDPILE MODELS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0034297805     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.4564     Document Type: Article

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