Lattice field theory as a percolation process

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Abstract
For a given lattice spin or gauge theory an associated correlated bond or plaquette percolation process is constructed. It is conjectured to reproduce the universal scaling behavior of the original model. Different field theories lead to different cluster weights generalizing a result by Fortuin and Kasteleyn for Potts models. The new representation lends itself to the design of Monte Carlo algorithms with reduced critical slowing down.