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Exact critical exponent for the shortest-path scaling function in percolation

Statistical Mechanics 2009-10-31 v3 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

It is shown that the critical exponent g1g_1 related to pair-connectiveness and shortest-path (or chemical distance) scaling, recently studied by Porto et al., Dokholyan et al., and Grassberger, can be found exactly in 2d by using a crossing-probability result of Cardy, with the outcome g1=25/24g_1 = 25/24. This prediction is consistent with existing simulation results.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9907305,
  title  = {Exact critical exponent for the shortest-path scaling function in percolation},
  author = {Robert M. Ziff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9907305},
  year   = {2009}
}

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References updated, small corrections 4 pages. Published version

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