Phase Transition for the Frog Model
Fabio Machado (Universidade de Sao Paulo)
Serguei Popov (Universidade de São Paulo)
Abstract
We study a system of simple random walks on graphs, known as frog model. This model can be described as follows: There are active and sleeping particles living on some graph. Each active particle performs a simple random walk with discrete time and at each moment it may disappear with probability $1-p$. When an active particle hits a sleeping particle, the latter becomes active. Phase transition results and asymptotic values for critical parameters are presented for $Z^d$ and regular trees.
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Publication Date: May 16, 2002
DOI: 10.1214/EJP.v7-115
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