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Alignment percolation

Probability 2021-12-15 v2

Abstract

The existence (or not) of infinite clusters is explored for two stochastic models of intersecting line segments in d2d \ge 2 dimensions. Salient features of the phase diagram are established in each case. The models are based on site percolation on Zd{\mathbb Z}^d with parameter p(0,1]p\in (0,1]. For each occupied site vv, and for each of the 2d2d possible coordinate directions, declare the entire line segment from vv to the next occupied site in the given direction to be either blue or not blue according to a given stochastic rule. In the one-choice model, each occupied site declares one of its 2d2d incident segments to be blue. In the independent model, the states of different line segments are independent.

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@article{arxiv.1908.07203,
  title  = {Alignment percolation},
  author = {Nicholas R. Beaton and Geoffrey R. Grimmett and Mark Holmes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.07203},
  year   = {2021}
}

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Accepted version: Mathematical Physics, Algebra and Geometry