1998Journal of Physics A Mathematical and GeneralOpen access

Directed percolation with a wall or edge

Per Fröjdh, Martin Howard, K. B. Lauritsen

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We examine the effects of introducing a wall or edge into a directed percolation process. Scaling ansatze are presented for the density and survival probability of a cluster in these geometries, and we make the connection to surface critical phenomena and field theory. The results of previous numerical work for a wall can thus be interpreted in terms of surface exponents satisfying scaling relations generalizing those for ordinary directed percolation. New exponents for edge directed percolation are also introduced. They are calculated in mean-field theory and measured numerically in 2 + 1 dimensions.

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We examine the effects of introducing a wall or edge into a directed percolation process. Scaling ansatze are presented for the density and survival probability of a cluster in these geometries, and we make the connection to surface critical phenomena and field theory. The results of previous numerical work for a wall can thus be interpreted in terms of surface exponents satisfying scaling relations generalizing those for ordinary directed percolation. New exponents for edge directed percolation are also introduced. They are calculated in mean-field theory and measured numerically in 2 + 1 dimensions.

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We examine the effects of introducing a wall or edge into a directed percolation process. Scaling ansatze are presented for the density and survival probability of a cluster in these geometries, and we make the connection to surface critical phenomena and field theory. The results of previous numerical work for a wall can thus be interpreted in terms of surface exponents satisfying scaling relations generalizing those for ordinary directed percolation. New exponents for edge directed percolation are also introduced. They are calculated in mean-field theory and measured numerically in 2 + 1 dimensions.

Key concepts: Directed percolation, Percolation critical exponents, Percolation (cognitive psychology), Percolation theory, Scaling, Continuum percolation theory, Mathematics, Connection (principal bundle)

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