A perturbative approach to the Bak-Sneppen Model

Abstract

We study the Bak-Sneppen model in the probabilistic framework of the Run Time Statistics (RTS). This model has attracted a large interest for its simplicity being a prototype for the whole class of models showing Self-Organized Criticality. The dynamics is characterized by a self-organization of almost all the species fitnesses above a non-trivial threshold value, and by a lack of spatial and temporal characteristic scales. This results in {\em avalanches} of activity power law distributed. In this letter we use the RTS approach to compute the value of $x_c$, the value of the avalanche exponent $\tau$ and the asymptotic distribution of minimal fitnesses.

4 pages, 3 figures, to be published on Physical Review Letters

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