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Phys. Rev. E 59, 3717–3719 (1999)

Reconsideration of continuum percolation of isotropically oriented sticks in three dimensions

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Z. Néda and R. Florian
Department of Physics, Babeş-Bolyai University, strada Kogălniceanu 1, RO-3400, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Y. Brechet
Laboratoire de Thermodynamique et Physico-Chimie Metallurgique, ENSEEG/INPG, Domaine Universitaire de Grenoble, Boîte Postal 75, 38402 Saint Martin d’Hères Cedex, France

Received 11 November 1998; published in the issue dated March 1999

The continuum percolation problem of permeable and isotropically oriented sticks (with the form of capped cylinders) is reconsidered by Monte Carlo simulations in three dimensions. Errors in earlier studies are revealed and results in agreement with the excluded volume rule are presented. Finite-size effects are discussed.

© 1999 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.59.3717
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.59.3717
PACS:
64.60.Ak, 02.50.Ng, 05.40.-a