Nature of the largest cluster size distribution at the percolation threshold

Abstract: Two distinct distribution functions

P_{s p} (m)

and

P_{n s} (m)

of the scaled largest cluster sizes

m

are obtained at the percolation threshold by numerical simulations, depending on the condition whether the lattice is actually spanned or not. With

R (p_{c})

the spanning probability, the total distribution of the largest cluster is given by

P_{t o t} (m) = R (p_{c}) P_{s p} (m) + (1 - R (p_{c})) P_{n s} (m)

. The three distributions apparently have similar forms in three and four dimensions while in two dimensions,

P_{t o t} (m)

does not follow a familiar form. By studying the first and second cumulants of the distribution functions, the different behaviour of

P_{t o t} (m)

in different dimensions may be quantified.

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