| Article ID: | iaor19921978 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 23 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 536 |
| End Page Number: | 556 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1991 |
| Journal: | Advances in Applied Probability |
| Authors: | Penrose Mathew D. |
Consider particles placed in space by a Poisson process. Pairs of particles are bonded together, independently of other pairs, with a probability that depends on their separation, leading to the formation of clusters of particles. The paper proves the existence of a non-trivial critical intensity at which percolation occurs (that is, an infinite cluster forms). It then proves the continuity of the cluster density, or free energy. Also, the paper derives a formula for the probability that an arbitrary Poisson particle lies in a cluster consisting of