Critical-threshold conjecture for the splitting model

Let the splitting model on Zd\mathbb Z^d have parameter hh, and let robust and explosive denote its two regimes.

Critical-threshold conjecture. There exists a critical value hc=hc(d)h_c=h_c(d) such that, for all h<hch<h_c, the model is robust, while for all hhch\geq h_c, the model is explosive. Moreover,

\nhc(2)=23.\nh_c(2)=\frac{2}{3}.

The conjecture proposes that the robust and explosive behaviors are separated by a single threshold, independent of the splitting order. The value hc(2)=2/3h_c(2)=2/3 is suggested by simulations, while the behavior in the intermediate parameter range is not established by the paper.

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Primary source

Anne Fey and Haiyan Liu, “Limiting shapes for a non-abelian sandpile growth model and related cellular automata”, arXiv:1006.4928 (2010).

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