Configurations involving two C impurities indeed exhibit the ground state for structures consisting of C-C bonds, which are responsible for the vast gain in energy.\r
However, based on investigations of possible migration pathways, these structures are less likely to arise than structures, in which both C atoms are interconnected by another Si atom, which is due to high activation energies of the respective pathways or alternative pathways with less high activation energies, which, however, involve intermediate unfavorable configurations.\r
Thus, agglomeration of C$_{\text{i}}$ is expected while the formation of C-C bonds is assumed to fail to appear by thermally activated diffusion processes.\r
Configurations involving two C impurities indeed exhibit the ground state for structures consisting of C-C bonds, which are responsible for the vast gain in energy.\r
However, based on investigations of possible migration pathways, these structures are less likely to arise than structures, in which both C atoms are interconnected by another Si atom, which is due to high activation energies of the respective pathways or alternative pathways with less high activation energies, which, however, involve intermediate unfavorable configurations.\r
Thus, agglomeration of C$_{\text{i}}$ is expected while the formation of C-C bonds is assumed to fail to appear by thermally activated diffusion processes.\r