Continuum Percolation Thresholds in Two Dimensions

@article{Mertens2012ContinuumPT,
  title={Continuum Percolation Thresholds in Two Dimensions},
  author={Stephan Mertens and Cristopher Moore},
  journal={Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics},
  year={2012},
  volume={86 6 Pt 1},
  pages={
          061109
        }
}
  • S. MertensC. Moore
  • Published 21 September 2012
  • Computer Science
  • Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
A wide variety of methods have been used to compute percolation thresholds. In lattice percolation, the most powerful of these methods consists of microcanonical simulations using the union-find algorithm to efficiently determine the connected clusters, and (in two dimensions) using exact values from conformal field theory for the probability, at the phase transition, that various kinds of wrapping clusters exist on the torus. We apply this approach to percolation in continuum models, finding… 
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