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Phase Transition in a Self-repairing Random Network

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

We consider a network, bonds of which are being sequentially removed; that is done at random, but conditioned on the system remaining connected (Self-Repairing Bond Percolation SRBP). This model is the simplest representative of a class of random systems for which forming of isolated clusters is forbidden. It qualitatively describes the process of fabrication of artificial porous materials and degradation of strained polymers. We find a phase transition at a finite concentration of bonds p=pcp=p_c, at which the backbone of the system vanishes; for all p<pcp<p_c the network is a dense fractal.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0306177,
  title  = {Phase Transition in a Self-repairing Random Network},
  author = {A. S. Ioselevich and D. S. Lyubshin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0306177},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures