Strongly connected percolation on directed lattices

We study percolation on lattices with directed bonds, focusing on the behavior of strongly-connected percolation clusters -- clusters in which every site is reachable from every other along a directed path. We consider the two-dimensional square lattice and various globally isotropic arrangements of the directions of the bonds. Performing simulations using a range of algorithmic approaches, we calculate high-precision values for critical exponents, fractal dimensions, crossing probabilities, and percolation thresholds for bond percolation with each bond arrangement. We find that the critical behavior is in a distinctly different universality class from that of traditional undirected percolation, but that all bond arrangements appear to fall in the same universality class.

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Physical review. E
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2026-10-28
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https://doi.org/10.1103/wf4x-hfmj
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Theoretical and Computational Physics
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Strongly connected percolation on directed lattices

Robert M. Ziff, Peter Grassberger, M. E. J. Newman
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Strongly connected percolation on directed lattices

Robert M. Ziff, Peter Grassberger, M. E. J. Newman
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Abstract

We study percolation on lattices with directed bonds, focusing on the behavior of strongly-connected percolation clusters -- clusters in which every site is reachable from every other along a directed path. We consider the two-dimensional square lattice and various globally isotropic arrangements of the directions of the bonds. Performing simulations using a range of algorithmic approaches, we calculate high-precision values for critical exponents, fractal dimensions, crossing probabilities, and percolation thresholds for bond percolation with each bond arrangement. We find that the critical behavior is in a distinctly different universality class from that of traditional undirected percolation, but that all bond arrangements appear to fall in the same universality class.

Physical review. E
National Science Foundation
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Theoretical and Computational Physics
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