Geometric structure of percolation clusters

Abstract

We investigate the geometric properties of percolation clusters, by studying square-lattice bond percolation on the torus. We show that the density of bridges and nonbridges both tend to 1/4 for large system sizes. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we study the probability that a given edge is not a bridge but has both its loop arcs in the same loop, and find that it is governed by the two-arm exponent. We then classify bridges into two types: branches and junctions. A bridge is a {\em branch} iff at least one of the two clusters produced by its deletion is a tree. Starting from a percolation configuration and deleting the branches results in a {\em leaf-free} configuration, while deleting all bridges produces a bridge-free configuration. Although branches account for $\approx 43$ of all occupied bonds, we find that the fractal dimensions of the cluster size and hull length of leaf-free configurations are consistent with those for standard percolation configurations. By contrast, we find that the fractal dimensions of the cluster size and hull length of bridge-free configurations are respectively given by the backbone and external perimeter dimensions. We estimate the backbone fractal dimension to be $1.64336(10)$.

8 pages, 7 figures

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