Finite-size scaling in stick percolation

This work presents the generalization of the concept of universal finite-size scaling functions to continuum percolation. A high-efficiency algorithm for Monte Carlo simulations is developed to investigate, with extensive realizations, the finite-size scaling behavior of stick percolation in large-size systems. The percolation threshold of high precision is determined for isotropic widthless stick systems as N(c)l(2)=5.637 26 +/- 0.000 02, with N-c as the critical density and l as the stick length. Simulation results indicate that by introducing a nonuniversal metric factor A=0.106 910 +/- 0.000 009, the spanning probability of stick percolation on square systems with free boundary conditions falls on the same universal scaling function as that for lattice percolation.