A Boltzmann Approach to Percolation on Random Triangulations

Abstract

AbstractWe study the percolation model on Boltzmann triangulations using a generating function approach. More precisely, we consider a Boltzmann model on the set of finite planar triangulations, together with a percolation configuration (either site-percolation or bond-percolation) on this triangulation. By enumerating triangulations with boundaries according to both the boundary length and the number of vertices/edges on the boundary, we are able to identify a phase transition for the geometry of the origin cluster. For instance, we show that the probability that a percolation interface has length$n$decays exponentially with$n$except at a particular value$p_{c}$of the percolation parameter$p$for which the decay is polynomial (of order$n^{-10/3}$). Moreover, the probability that the origin cluster has size$n$decays exponentially if$p<p_{c}$and polynomially if$p\geqslant p_{c}$.The critical percolation value is$p_{c}=1/2$for site percolation, and$p_{c}=(2\sqrt{3}-1)/11$for bond percolation. These values coincide with critical percolation thresholds for infinite triangulations identified by Angel for site-percolation, and by Angel and Curien for bond-percolation, and we give an independent derivation of these percolation thresholds.Lastly, we revisit the criticality conditions for random Boltzmann maps, and argue that at$p_{c}$, the percolation clusters conditioned to have size$n$should converge toward the stable map of parameter$\frac{7}{6}$introduced by Le Gall and Miermont. This enables us to derive heuristically some new critical exponents.