Directed Percolation with a Wall or Edge
Statistical Mechanics
2009-10-30 v1
Abstract
We examine the effects of introducing a wall or edge into a directed percolation process. Scaling ansatzes 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 generalising 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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9712225,
title = {Directed Percolation with a Wall or Edge},
author = {Per Frojdh and Martin Howard and Kent B. Lauritsen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9712225},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
14 pages, submitted to J. Phys. A