Scaling limit of simple random walk on 2D critical percolation

Yizheng Yuan (Uni Wien)

Sep 22. 2026, 11:30 — 12:20

Random walks on percolation models (`the ant in the labyrinth') have been intensely studied in the probability literature. Many results have been proved for supercritical percolation, and recently for high-dimensional critical percolation. In this talk I will discuss critical percolation in 2D. We prove that the properly rescaled simple random walk converges to a diffusion process on the CLE_6 gasket. We also prove that the properly rescaled graph metric (`chemical distance') converges to a geodesic metric on the CLE_6 gasket. Some implications are the existence of the following exponents: chemical distance exponent, resistance growth exponent, walk dimension, spectral dimension.

More generally, we have constructed the canonical geodesic metric and the Brownian motion on each CLE_\kappa gasket in the dense regime \kappa \in ]4,8[.

This talk is based on joint works with Valeria Ambrosio, Irina Đanković, Maarten Markering, and Jason Miller.

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Associated Event:
Statistical Mechanics and Combinatorics of Discrete Planar Structures (Thematic Programme)
Organizer(s):
Nathanael Berestycki (U of Vienna)
Michael Drmota (TU Wien)
Ilse Fischer (U of Vienna)
Mihyun Kang (TU Graz)
Astrid Kollros (U of Vienna)
Christian Krattenthaler (U of Vienna)
Marcin Lis (TU Wien)
Benedikt Stufler (TU Wien)
Fabio Toninelli (TU Wien)