Analysis of mean cluster size in directed compact percolation near a damp wall

We investigate the behaviour of the mean size of directed compact percolation clusters near a damp wall in the low-density region, where sites in the bulk are wet (occupied) with probability p while sites on the wall are wet with probability pw. Methods used to find the exact solution for the dry ca...

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Main Authors: Lonsdale, Heather, Jensen, I., Essam, J., Owczarek, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: IOP Publishing Ltd 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2895
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author Lonsdale, Heather
Jensen, I.
Essam, J.
Owczarek, A.
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Essam, J.
Owczarek, A.
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description We investigate the behaviour of the mean size of directed compact percolation clusters near a damp wall in the low-density region, where sites in the bulk are wet (occupied) with probability p while sites on the wall are wet with probability pw. Methods used to find the exact solution for the dry case (pw = 0) and the wet case (pw = 1) turn out to be inadequate for the damp case. Instead we use a series expansion for the pw = 2p case to obtain a second-order inhomogeneous differential equation satisfied by the mean size, which exhibits a critical exponent gamma = 2, in common with the wet wall result. For the more general case of pw = rp, with r rational, we use a modular arithmetic method for finding ordinary differential equations (ODEs) and obtain a fourth-order homogeneous ODE satisfied by the series. The ODE is expressed exactly in terms of r. We find that in the damp region 0 < r < 2 the critical exponent gamma damp = 1, which is the same as the dry wall result.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-28952018-03-29T09:05:21Z Analysis of mean cluster size in directed compact percolation near a damp wall Lonsdale, Heather Jensen, I. Essam, J. Owczarek, A. critical exponents and amplitudes (theory) percolation problems (theory) We investigate the behaviour of the mean size of directed compact percolation clusters near a damp wall in the low-density region, where sites in the bulk are wet (occupied) with probability p while sites on the wall are wet with probability pw. Methods used to find the exact solution for the dry case (pw = 0) and the wet case (pw = 1) turn out to be inadequate for the damp case. Instead we use a series expansion for the pw = 2p case to obtain a second-order inhomogeneous differential equation satisfied by the mean size, which exhibits a critical exponent gamma = 2, in common with the wet wall result. For the more general case of pw = rp, with r rational, we use a modular arithmetic method for finding ordinary differential equations (ODEs) and obtain a fourth-order homogeneous ODE satisfied by the series. The ODE is expressed exactly in terms of r. We find that in the damp region 0 < r < 2 the critical exponent gamma damp = 1, which is the same as the dry wall result. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2895 10.1088/1742-5468/2014/03/P03004 IOP Publishing Ltd restricted
spellingShingle critical exponents and amplitudes (theory)
percolation problems (theory)
Lonsdale, Heather
Jensen, I.
Essam, J.
Owczarek, A.
Analysis of mean cluster size in directed compact percolation near a damp wall
title Analysis of mean cluster size in directed compact percolation near a damp wall
title_full Analysis of mean cluster size in directed compact percolation near a damp wall
title_fullStr Analysis of mean cluster size in directed compact percolation near a damp wall
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of mean cluster size in directed compact percolation near a damp wall
title_short Analysis of mean cluster size in directed compact percolation near a damp wall
title_sort analysis of mean cluster size in directed compact percolation near a damp wall
topic critical exponents and amplitudes (theory)
percolation problems (theory)
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2895