Emergence of disconnected clusters in heterogeneous complex systems

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 21874
• Main Authors: Kovács, István A, Juhász, Róbert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 14.12.2020; Nature Publishing Group UK; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: Approximation; Equilibrium; Infections; Phase transitions; Physics; Random variables

Percolation theory dictates an intuitive picture depicting correlated regions in complex systems as densely connected clusters. While this picture might be adequate at small scales and apart from criticality, we show that highly correlated sites in complex systems can be inherently disconnected. Thi...