On the density of 2D critical percolation gaskets and anchored clusters

Abstract

We prove a formula, first obtained by Kleban, Simmons and Ziff using conformal field theory methods, for the (renormalized) density of a critical percolation cluster in the upper half-plane "anchored" to a point on the real line. The proof is inspired by the method of images. We also show that more general bulk-boundary connection probabilities have well-defined, scale-covariant scaling limits, and prove a formula for the scaling limit of the (renormalized) density of the critical percolation gasket in any domain conformally equivalent to the unit disk.