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Loop erased random walk on a percolation cluster is compatible with Schramm-Loewner evolution

Statistical Mechanics 2015-06-17 v3

Abstract

We study the scaling limit of planar loop erased random walk (LERW) on the percolation cluster, with occupation probability ppcp\geq p_c. We numerically demonstrate that the scaling limit of planar LERWp_p curves, for all p>pcp>p_c, can be described by Schramm-Loewner Evolution (SLE) with a single parameter κ\kappa which is close to normal LERW in Euclidean lattice. However our results reveal that the LERW on critical incipient percolation clusters is compatible with SLE, but with another diffusivity coefficient κ\kappa. Several geometrical tests are applied to ascertain this. All calculations are consistent with SLEκ\mathrm{SLE}_{\kappa}, where κ=1.732±0.016\kappa=1.732\pm0.016. This value of the diffusivity coefficient is outside of the well-known duality range 2κ82\leq \kappa\leq 8. We also investigate how the winding angle of the LERWp_p crosses over from {\it Euclidean} to {\it fractal} geometry by gradually decreasing the value of the parameter pp from 1 to pcp_c. For finite systems, two crossover exponents and a scaling relation can be derived. We believe that this finding should, to some degree, help us to understand and predict the existence of conformal invariance in disordered and fractal landscapes.

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@article{arxiv.1309.1207,
  title  = {Loop erased random walk on a percolation cluster is compatible with Schramm-Loewner evolution},
  author = {E. Daryaei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.1207},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

7 pages and 4 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1308.5692

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