Explicit characterization of the identity configuration in an Abelian sandpile model

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/41/49/495003zbMATH Open1161.82009arXiv0809.3416OpenAlexW3098400029MaRDI QIDQ5503271FDOQ5503271

Andrea Sportiello, Guglielmo Paoletti, Sergio Caracciolo

Publication date: 13 January 2009

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Since the work of Creutz, identifying the group identities for the Abelian Sandpile Model (ASM) on a given lattice is a puzzling issue: on rectangular portions of Z^2 complex quasi-self-similar structures arise. We study the ASM on the square lattice, in different geometries, and a variant with directed edges. Cylinders, through their extra symmetry, allow an easy determination of the identity, which is a homogeneous function. The directed variant on square geometry shows a remarkable exact structure, asymptotically self-similar.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.3416

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zbMATH Keywords

Abelian sandpile model.Identity configuration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20)

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