Time transport correlations in abelian sandpile models

TL;DR

This paper investigates time transport correlations in abelian sandpile models, revealing general properties such as anticorrelation of dissipated particles and establishing explicit links between correlations and transport moments.

Contribution

It provides the first systematic analysis of time-dependent properties in abelian sandpile models, including explicit solutions for correlations in specific 1D models.

Findings

Particles dissipated are mostly anticorrelated in time.

Explicit linear relations between 2-point correlations and transport moments.

Results apply to Directed Stochastic Sandpile, Oslo, and Activated Random Walk models.

Abstract

Sandpiles form one of the largest class of models displaying a critical stationary state. Despite a few decades of research, a comprehensive and systematic rigorous characterisation of their spatial and, even more, time dependent properties has remained elusive. Among the obstacles, we can mention their out of equilibrium and non-linear dynamics features which prevent, in general, the access to the stationary properties explicitly. In fact, even the knowledge of the stationary state is quite exceptional in sandpiles. In that respect, it has become standard to develop a model to model strategy and, so to say, general results or tools applicable to these systems are missing. In this paper, we unveil general and simple properties of time transport correlations in certain classes of abelian sandpile models. We proceed gradually, starting from results applicable in a broad context, to more and more specific ones, consequently valid to smaller and smaller classes. For instance, we show, under a few hypothesis, that the number of particles dissipated displays mostly anticorrelation in time. Besides, on a more integrable point of view, the approach followed might culminate with the proof of a link between 2-points time transport correlations and the second moment of the integrated transport over time. To be clear, these two quantities are related through a linear system of equations which is explicitly solved and applies to at least three 1D sandpile models, namely the Directed Stochastic Sandpile, the Oslo and the Activated Random Walk (in a peculiar setup) models.