The time constant vanishes only on the percolation cone in directed first passage percolation

dc.creatorZhang, Yu
dc.date2008-02-24
dc.date2008-03-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:25:32Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:25:32Z
dc.descriptionWe consider the directed first passage percolation model on ${\bf Z}^2$. In this model, we assign independently to each edge $e$ a passage time $t(e)$ with a common distribution $F$. We denote by $\vec{T}({\bf 0}, (r,θ))$ the passage time from the origin to $(r, θ)$ by a northeast path for $(r, θ)\in {\bf R}^+\times [0,π/2]$. It is known that $\vec{T}({\bf 0}, (r, θ))/r$ converges to a time constant $\vecμ_F (θ)$. Let $\vec{p}_c$ denote the critical probability for oriented percolation. In this paper, we show that the time constant has a phase transition divided by $\vec{p}_c$, as follows: (1) If $F(0) < \vec{p}_c$, then $\vecμ_F(θ) >0$ for all $0\leq θ\leq π/2$. (2) If $F(0) = \vec{p}_c$, then $\vecμ_F(θ) >0$ if and only if $θ\neq π/4$. (3) If $F(0)=p > \vec{p}_c$, then there exists a percolation cone between $θ_p^-$ and $θ_p^+$ for $0\leq θ^-_p< θ^+_p \leq π/2$ such that $\vecμ (θ) >0$ if and only if $θ\not\in [θ_p^-, θ^+_p]$. Furthermore, all the moments of $\vec{T}({\bf 0}, (r, θ))$ converge whenever $θ\in [θ_p^-, θ^+_p]$. As applications, we describe the shape of the directed growth model on the distribution of $F$. We give a phase transition for the shape divided by $\vec{p}_c$.
dc.description28 pages, 1 figure
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0802.3519
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0802.3519
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/156435
dc.subjectProbability
dc.subject60K35
dc.titleThe time constant vanishes only on the percolation cone in directed first passage percolation
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