Finite-size scaling in stick percolation

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2009 Oct;80(4 Pt 1):040104. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.040104. Epub 2009 Oct 19.

Abstract

This work presents the generalization of the concept of universal finite-size scaling functions to continuum percolation. A high-efficiency algorithm for Monte Carlo simulations is developed to investigate, with extensive realizations, the finite-size scaling behavior of stick percolation in large-size systems. The percolation threshold of high precision is determined for isotropic widthless stick systems as Ncl2=5.637 26+/-0.000 02 , with Nc as the critical density and l as the stick length. Simulation results indicate that by introducing a nonuniversal metric factor A=0.106 910+/-0.000 009 , the spanning probability of stick percolation on square systems with free boundary conditions falls on the same universal scaling function as that for lattice percolation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't