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Universal Behavior of Connectivity Properties in Fractal Percolation Models

Erik I Broman, Chalmers University of Technology
Federico Camia, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam


Abstract
Partially motivated by the desire to better understand the connectivity phase transition in fractal percolation, we introduce and study a class of continuum fractal percolation models in dimension d ≥ 2. These include a scale invariant version of the classical (Poisson) Boolean model of stochastic geometry and (for d=2) the Brownian loop soup introduced by Lawler and Werner. The models lead to random fractal sets whose connectivity properties depend on a parameter λ. In this paper we mainly study the transition between a phase where the random fractal sets are totally disconnected and a phase where they contain connected components larger than one point. In particular, we show that there are connected components larger than one point at the unique value of λ that separates the two phases (called the critical point). We prove that such a behavior occurs also in Mandelbrot's fractal percolation in all dimensions d ≥ 2. Our results show that it is a generic feature, independent of the dimension or the precise definition of the model, and is essentially a consequence of scale invariance alone. Furthermore, for d=2 we prove that the presence of connected components larger than one point implies the presence of a unique, unbounded, connected component.


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Pages: 1394-1414

Published on: September 19, 2010
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