Critical Behavior of Random Resistor Networks
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چکیده
We present numerical data and scaling theories for the critical behavior of random resistor networks near the percolation threshold. We determine the critical exponents of a suitably defined resistance correlation function by a Padé analysis of low-concentration expansions as a function of dimensionality. We verify that d=6 is the critical dimensionality for the onset of mean-field behavior. We use the coherent-potential approximation to construct a mean-field scaling function for the critical region.
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