Universality of critically pinned interfaces in 2-dimensional isotropic random media
Abstract
Based on extensive simulations, we conjecture that critically pinned interfaces in 2-dimensional isotropic random media with short range correlations are always in the universality class of ordinary percolation. Thus, in contrast to interfaces in dimensions, there is no distinction between fractal (i.e., percolative) and rough but non-fractal interfaces. Our claim includes interfaces in zero-temperature random field Ising models (both with and without spontaneous nucleation), in heterogeneous bootstrap percolation, and in susceptible-weakened-infected-removed (SWIR) epidemics. It does not include models with long range correlations in the randomness, and models where overhangs are explicitly forbidden (which would imply non-isotropy of the medium).
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@article{arxiv.1711.02904,
title = {Universality of critically pinned interfaces in 2-dimensional isotropic random media},
author = {P. Grassberger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.02904},
year = {2018}
}
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5 pages (including 8 figures) of main text + 5 pages (including 7 figures) supplemental material