The long-range bond-percolation problem, on a linear chain (d = 1), in the presence of diluted sites (with an occupancy probability p s for an active site) is studied by means of a Monte Carlo simulation. The occupancy probability for a bond between two active sites i and j, separated by a distance rij is given by pij = p/r α ij , where p represents the usual occupancy probability between nearest-neighbor sites. This model allows one to analyse the competition between long-range bonds (which enhance percolation) and diluted sites (which weaken percolation). By varying the parameter α (α ≥ 0), one may find a crossover between a nonextensive regime and an extensive regime; in particular, the cases α = 0 and α → ∞ represent, respectively, two well-known limits, namely, the mean-field (infinite-range bonds) and first-neighbor-bond limits. The percolation order parameter, P ∞ , was investigated numerically for different values of α and p s . Two characteristic values of α were found, which depend on the site-occupancy probability ps, namely, α1(ps) and α2(ps) (α2(ps) > α1(ps) ≥ 0). The parameter P ∞ equals unit, ∀p > 0, for 0 ≤ α ≤ α 1 (p s ) and vanishes, ∀p < 1, for α > α 2 (p s ). In the interval α1(ps) < α < α2(ps), the parameter P∞ displays a familiar behavior, i.e., 0 for p ≤ pc(α) and finite otherwise. It is shown that both α 1 (p s ) and α 2 (p s ) decrease with the inclusion of diluted sites. For a fixed p s , it is shown that a convenient variable, p * ≡ p * (p, α, N ), may be defined in such a way that plots of P ∞ versus p * collapse for different sizes and values of α in the nonextensive regime.
I IntroductionPercolation [1, 2] represents one of the most interesting problems in statistical physics. Many physical situations depend essentially on the geometric properties of random clusters, e.g., random resistor networks, forest fires, and the flow of fluids in porous media. The study of such clusters, and, in particular, the existence of an infinite connected cluster which spans the system in question, is the subject of percolation theory. The percolation order parameter, P ∞ , is defined as the fraction of sites of the system that belong to the infinite cluster. Obviously, P ∞ attains its maximum value (P ∞ = 1) when all the sites of the system appear inside the infinite cluster, whereas P ∞ = 0 below a certain threshold, when it is not possible to produce an infinite cluster. For the bond-percolation problem, where p represents the usual occupancy probability between nearest-neighbor sites, the one-dimensional problem is trivial: one has that P ∞ = 1 for p = 1 and P ∞ = 0 ∀p < 1. Also, if one introduces a dilution of sites in the system (with an occupancy probability p s for an active site), one gets that P ∞ = 0 (even for p = 1) ∀p s < 1. However, this trivial situation changes completely if one introduces long-range effects, i.e., bond-occupancy probabilities associated with two active sites further than nearest-neighboring ones. An interesting competition may occur in such a case between the dilution...