Upper large deviations for the maximal flow through a domain of R^d in first passage percolation

Abstract: We consider the standard first passage percolation model in the rescaled graph

m a t h b b Z^{d} / n

for

d g e q 2

and a domain

O m e g a

of boundary

G a m m a

in

m a t h b b R^{d}

. Let

G a m m a^{1}

and

G a m m a^{2}

be two disjoint open subsets of

G a m m a

representing the parts of

G a m m a

through which some water can enter and escape from

O m e g a

. We investigate the asymptotic behavior of the flow

p h i_{n}

through a discrete version

O m e g a_{n}

of

O m e g a

between the corresponding discrete sets

G a m m a_{n}^{1}

and

G a m m a_{n}^{2}

. We prove that under some conditions on the regularity of the domain and on the law of the capacity of the edges, the upper large deviations of

p h i_{n} / n^{d - 1}

above a certain constant are of volume order, that is, decays exponentially fast with

n^{d}

. This article is part of a larger project in which the authors prove that this constant is the a.s. limit of

p h i_{n} / n^{d - 1}

.

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