Abelian Sandpile

Chip-firing on a grid. Each cell topples when it holds 4+ grains, firing one grain to each cardinal neighbor. Avalanche sizes follow a power law — self-organized criticality emerges without tuning.

Statistics

Grains dropped0
Last avalanche0
Max avalanche0
Total topplings0

Drop mode

Speed (grains/frame)

150

Avalanche Size Distribution

Log-log bins. Power law slope ≈ -1 (red guide line)