Year: 2025
Type: preprint
Abstract: We consider the contact process on scale-free percolation, a spatial random graph model where the degree distribution of the vertices follows a power law with exponent $β$. We study the extinction time $τ_{G_n}$ of the contact process on the graph restricted to a d-dimensional box of volume n, starting from full occupancy. In the regime $β\in (2, 3)$, where the degrees have finite mean but infinite variance and the graph exhibits the ultra-small world behaviour, we adapt the techniques of [Linker et al., 2021] to show that $τ_{G_n}$ is exponential in n. Our main contribution, though, deals with the case $β\geq 3$, where the degrees have finite variance and the graph is small-world. We prove that also in this case $τ_{G_n}$ grows exponentially, at least up to a logarithmic correction reflecting the sparser graph structure. The proof requires the generalization of a result from [Mountford et al., 2016] and combines a multi-scale analysis of the graph, the study of the chemical distance between vertices and percolation arguments.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Language: English
Subfield: Mathematical Physics
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4414829959
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