Avalanche-size distribution at the depinning transition: A numerical test of the theory
Avalanche-size distribution at the depinning transition: A numerical test of the theory
We calculate numerically the sizes S of jumps (avalanches) between successively pinned configurations of an elastic line (d=1) or interface (d=2), pulled by a spring of (small) strength m^2 in a random-field landscape. We obtain strong evidence that the size distribution, away from the small-scale cutoff, takes the form P(S) …