Figure 3.

(a) The size of a cisterna (measured as the number n_s of participating particles) grows linearly with J_in/r_A as predicted. Numerical data are shown as symbols, with error bars being derived from the standard deviation of n_s within each simulation. The solid line corresponds to the theoretical prediction (see main text and Supporting Material). (b) The amount of cisternae n_c increases linearly with r_A/r_B as predicted theoretically. Numerical data (symbols) were determined in the time interval 20–50 min. Error bars denote the standard deviation of n_c within each simulation. The solid line corresponds to the theoretically predicted linear relationship (see main text and Supporting Material). (c) The turnover time T_s of the stack grows linearly with the inverse aging rate r_B (symbols and dashed line). Deviations from the theoretical prediction (solid line) most likely are due to the simplicity of the argument.