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Universality of critically pinned interfaces in 2-dimensional isotropic random media

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2018-05-23 v2 Statistical Mechanics

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 >2>2 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