Physical Review E
Fractality of largest clusters and the percolation transition in power-law diluted chains
Samuel S. de Albuquerque, F. A. B. F. de Moura, M. L. Lyra, Adauto J. F. de Souza
Abstract
Relying on the fractal character of the largest clusters at criticality, we employ a finite-size scaling analysis to obtain an accurate phase-diagram of the percolation transition in chains with bond concentration decaying as a power-law on the form 1/ r(1+sigma) . For the particular case of sigma=1, no percolation transition is observed to occur at a finite dilution, in contrast with the finite temperature Kosterlitz-Thouless transition exhibited in Ising and Potts chains with inverse square-law couplings. The fractal dimension of the critical percolation cluster is found to follow distinct dependencies on the decay exponent being numerically fitted by d(f) =0.35+4sigma/5 for 0<sigma<1/2 and d(f) = (1+sigma) /2 for 1/2<sigma<1 . We also compute average mass ratios of the two largest clusters at criticality.