Shape effects in the fluctuations of random isochrones on a square lattice

Fuente: arXiv
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Domenech, Iván Álvarez, Rodríguez-Laguna, Javier, Cuerno, Rodolfo, Córdoba-Torres, Pedro, Santalla, Silvia N.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866914715207204864
author Domenech, Iván Álvarez
Rodríguez-Laguna, Javier
Cuerno, Rodolfo
Córdoba-Torres, Pedro
Santalla, Silvia N.
author_facet Domenech, Iván Álvarez
Rodríguez-Laguna, Javier
Cuerno, Rodolfo
Córdoba-Torres, Pedro
Santalla, Silvia N.
contents We consider the isochrone curves in first-passage percolation on a 2D square lattice, i.e. the boundary of the set of points which can be reached in less than a given time from a certain origin. The occurrence of an instantaneous average shape is described in terms of its Fourier components, highlighting a crossover between a diamond and a circular geometry as the noise level is increased. Generally, these isochrones can be understood as fluctuating interfaces with an inhomogeneous local width which reveals the underlying lattice structure. We show that once these inhomogeneities have been taken into account, the fluctuations fall into the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) universality class with very good accuracy, where they reproduce the Family-Vicsek Ansatz with the expected exponents and the Tracy-Widom histogram for the local radial fluctuations.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2311_01400
institution arXiv
publishDate 2023
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Shape effects in the fluctuations of random isochrones on a square lattice
Domenech, Iván Álvarez
Rodríguez-Laguna, Javier
Cuerno, Rodolfo
Córdoba-Torres, Pedro
Santalla, Silvia N.
Statistical Mechanics
Probability
We consider the isochrone curves in first-passage percolation on a 2D square lattice, i.e. the boundary of the set of points which can be reached in less than a given time from a certain origin. The occurrence of an instantaneous average shape is described in terms of its Fourier components, highlighting a crossover between a diamond and a circular geometry as the noise level is increased. Generally, these isochrones can be understood as fluctuating interfaces with an inhomogeneous local width which reveals the underlying lattice structure. We show that once these inhomogeneities have been taken into account, the fluctuations fall into the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) universality class with very good accuracy, where they reproduce the Family-Vicsek Ansatz with the expected exponents and the Tracy-Widom histogram for the local radial fluctuations.
title Shape effects in the fluctuations of random isochrones on a square lattice
topic Statistical Mechanics
Probability
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.01400