Vacant set of random interlacements and percolation (Q974082)

The paper deals with the model of random interlacements consisting of a countable collection of doubly infinite trajectories on a multidimensional integer lattice. A nonnegative parameter \(u\) measures how many trajectories enter the picture. The union of the supports of these trajectories defines the interlacement at level \(u\). It is an infinite connected translation invariant random subset of the lattice. The author introduces a critical value \(u^{\ast}\) such that the vacant set percolates for \(u\) less then \(u^{\ast}\) and does not percolate for \(u\) greater then \(u^{\ast}\). The main results of the paper show that \(u^{\ast}\) is finite for three-dimensional lattice and strictly positive when the lattice dimension is greater than 6.