Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2012-01-10
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
We study the percolation properties of force networks in an anisotropic model for granular packings, the so-called q-model. Following the original recipe of Ostojic et al. [Nature 439, 828 (2006)], we consider a percolation process in which forces smaller than a given threshold f are deleted in the network. For a critical threshold f_c, the system experiences a transition akin to percolation. We determine the point of this transition and its characteristic critical exponents applying a finite-size scaling analysis that takes explicitly into account the directed nature of the q-model. By means of extensive numerical simulations, we show that this percolation transition is strongly affected by the anisotropic nature of the model, yielding characteristic exponents which are neither those found in isotropic granular systems nor those in the directed version of standard percolation. The differences shown by the computed exponents can be related to the presence of strong directed correlations and mass conservation laws in the model under scrutiny.
Miguel M.-Carmen
Pastor-Satorras Romualdo
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