Continuity of the critical value and a shape theorem for long-range percolation

Abstract

Consider supercritical long-range percolation on $\Z^d$ where two vertices $x,y \in \Z^d$ are connected with probability asymptotic to $\|x-y\|^{-s}$ for some $s>2d$. Conditioned that the origin is in the infinite cluster, we prove a shape theorem for the set of points that can be reached within $n$ steps from the origin. As part of the proof, we show that for long-range percolation with polynomially decaying connection probabilities in dimensions $d\geq 2$, the critical value depends continuously on the precise specifications of the model.