[1] The partial fluidization model developed by Aranson and Tsimring (2002) is used to simulate the spreading of a 2D circular cap of granular material over an erodible bed made of the same material. Numerical results show that the presence of even a very thin layer of granular material lying on the solid bed strongly increases the mobility of granular flows. Furthermore, as the thickness of th...

We report on the first implementation of a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) in 130nm CMOS technology. The SPAD is fabricated as p+/nwell junction with octagonal shape. A guard ring of p-well around the p+ anode is used to prevent premature discharge. To investigate the dynamics of the new device, both active and passive quenching methods have been used. Single photon detection is achieved b...

We investigate the complex spatiotemporal dynamics in avalanche driven surface growth by means of scaling theory. We study local activity statistics, avalanche kinetics, and temporal correlations in the global interface velocity, obtaining different scaling relationships among the involved critical exponents depending on how far from or close to a critical point the system is. Our scaling argum...

– In a seminal experiment, Jaeger et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett., 62 (1989) 40) measured the power spectrum of the velocity of avalanches along a granular pile in a rotating drum. Although their findings started an actively discussed debate on whether self-organized criticality rules granular avalanche dynamics, their experimental results have not been explained in theoretical detail yet. By the use ...

Developments in mountain areas prone to natural hazards produce undesired impacts and damages. Thus, disaster assessment is mandatory understand the physics of dangerous events make decisions prevent hazardous situations. This work focusses on practical implementation methods tools assess a snow avalanche that affected road at Coll de Pal 2018 (SE Pyrenees). quite common situation roads has foc...

We investigate the avalanche dynamics of the Bak-Tang-Wiesenfeld sandpile model on scale-free (SF) networks, where the threshold height of each node is distributed heterogeneously, given as its own degree. We find that the avalanche size distribution follows a power law with an exponent tau. Applying the theory of the multiplicative branching process, we obtain the exponent tau and the dynamic ...

We investigate the avalanche dynamics of the Bak-Tang-Wiesenfeld (BTW) sandpile model on complex networks with general degree distributions. With the threshold height of each node given as its degree in the model, self-organized criticality emerges such that the avalanche size and the duration distribution follow power laws with exponents τ and δ, respectively. Applying the theory of the multip...

Today, temporary measures to improve avalanche safety often depend on remote measurements by automatic stations. The snow profile radar allows for direct measurements of snow accumulation, settling, fracture height and water percolation within avalanche release zones. Alarm stations automatically recognize avalanche flow and close traffic lines. Remote avalanche control by Wyssen exploders, pro...

We consider chip-firing dynamics defined by arbitrary M-matrices. M-matrices generalize graph Laplacians and were shown by Gabrielov to yield avalanche finite systems. Building on the work of Baker and Shokrieh, we extend the concept of energy minimizing chip configurations. Given an M-matrix, we show that there exists a unique energy minimizing configuration in each equivalence class defined b...

Single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are primary devices in photon counting systems used in quantum cryptography, time resolved spectroscopy and photon counting optical communication. SPADs convert each photo-generated electron hole pair to a measurable current via an avalanche of impact ionizations. In this paper, a stochastically self-regulating avalanche model for passively quenched SPADs ...