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Positivity of the time constant in a continuous model of first passage percolation

Probability 2017-02-28 v2

Abstract

We consider a non trivial Boolean model Σ\Sigma on Rd{\mathbb R}^d for d2d\geq 2. For every x,yRdx,y \in {\mathbb R}^d we define T(x,y)T(x,y) as the minimum time needed to travel from xx to yy by a traveler that walks at speed 11 outside Σ\Sigma and at infinite speed inside Σ\Sigma. By a standard application of Kingman sub-additive theorem, one easily shows that T(0,x)T(0,x) behaves like μx\mu \|x\| when x\|x\| goes to infinity, where μ\mu is a constant named the time constant in classical first passage percolation. In this paper we investigate the positivity of μ\mu. More precisely, under an almost optimal moment assumption on the radii of the balls of the Boolean model, we prove that μ\textgreater0\mu\textgreater{}0 if and only if the intensity λ\lambda of the Boolean model satisfies λ\textlessλ^_c\lambda \textless{} \widehat{\lambda}\_c, where λ^_c \widehat{\lambda}\_c is one of the classical critical parameters defined in continuum percolation.

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@article{arxiv.1610.05901,
  title  = {Positivity of the time constant in a continuous model of first passage percolation},
  author = {Jean-Baptiste Gouéré and Marie Théret},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.05901},
  year   = {2017}
}