A shape theorem for the spread of epidemics and forest fires in two-dimensional Euclidean space (Q1355281)

The authors deal with a model of epidemics or forest fires in \(R^2\). Hosts are assumed to be distributed according to a Poisson point process in \(R^2\). An infected individual stays so far a unit time after which it recovers and remains immune; during the time it remains infected, it emits germs after a random time \(T_i\) from its infection. The germs go to all individuals in \(S_c = \{ x \in R^2 \mid | x-X_i| \leq 1 \}\) where \(X_i\) is the position of the individual. Initially all points of \(X_\Lambda\) in \(S_0 = \{x \in R^2 \mid | x| \leq 1 \}\) are infected and all other points are susceptible. The authors essentially study the stochastic process with special reference to the shape in which the epidemics disperse.