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Loewner driving functions for off-critical percolation clusters.

Yoichiro Kondo¹, Namiko Mitarai, Hiizu Nakanishi

¹Department of Physics, Kyushu University, 33, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan. ykondo@stat.phys.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

|April 7, 2010

Summary

The study reveals that the Loewner driving function of percolation clusters behaves like a drifted random walk. It exhibits superdiffusive fluctuations before a crossover time and normal diffusion afterward, influenced by critical exponents.

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Area of Science:

Statistical Physics
Complex Systems
Computational Physics

Background:

Percolation theory describes the formation of clusters in random systems.
The Loewner driving function is a key tool for analyzing interfaces in 2D systems.

Purpose of the Study:

To numerically investigate the behavior of the Loewner driving function for site percolation cluster boundaries.
To characterize the scaling and diffusion properties of the driving function near the percolation threshold.

Main Methods:

Numerical simulations of site percolation on a triangular lattice.
Analysis of the Loewner driving function (Ut) and its statistical properties.
Calculation of scaling behaviors and diffusion exponents.

Main Results:

The driving function exhibits a drifted random walk with a finite crossover time.
Superdiffusive fluctuations are observed within the crossover time, scaling with critical exponents.
Normal diffusion with a Hurst exponent of 1/2 occurs beyond the crossover time, with drift velocity dependent on (pc-p)^nu.

Conclusions:

The study elucidates the crossover dynamics of the Loewner driving function in percolation systems.
The findings highlight the interplay between critical phenomena and diffusive behavior.
The results provide insights into the fundamental properties of cluster boundaries in disordered systems.