title: Finite-size scaling in stick percolation.
abstract: This work presents the generalization of the concept of universal finite-size scaling functions to continuum percolation. A high-efficiency algorithm for Monte Carlo simulations is developed to investigate, with extensive realizations, the finite-size scaling behavior of stick percolation in large-size systems. The percolation threshold of high precision is determined for isotropic widthless stick systems as Ncl2=5.637 26+/-0.000 02 , with Nc as the critical density and l as the stick length. Simulation results indicate that by introducing a nonuniversal metric factor A=0.106 910+/-0.000 009 , the spanning probability of stick percolation on square systems with free boundary conditions falls on the same universal scaling function as that for lattice percolation.
authors.affiliation: School of Information and Communication Technology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Electrum 229, SE-164 40 Kista, Sweden.
authors.forename: Jiantong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shi-Li
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zhang