Critical scaling of lattice polymers confined to a box without endpoint restriction

DOI10.1007/S10910-022-01387-YzbMATH Open1500.82003arXiv2111.10993OpenAlexW4226295897MaRDI QIDQ2084797FDOQ2084797

Authors: C. J. Bradly, Aleksander L. Owczarek 

Publication date: 13 October 2022

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Chemistry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study self-avoiding walks on the square lattice restricted to a square box of side $L$ weighted by a length fugacity without restriction of their end points. This models a confined polymer in dilute solution. The model admits a phase transition between an `empty' phase, where the average length of walks are finite and the density inside large boxes goes to zero, to a `dense' phase, where there is a finite positive density. We prove various bounds on the free energy and develop a scaling theory for the phase transition based on the standard theory for unconstrained polymers. We compare this model to unrestricted walks and walks that whose endpoints are fixed at the opposite corners of a box, as well as Hamiltonian walks. We use Monte Carlo simulations to verify predicted values for three key exponents: the density exponent $alpha=1/2$, the finite size crossover exponent $1/u=4/3$ and the critical partition function exponent $2-eta=43/24$. This implies that the theoretical framework relating them to the unconstrained SAW problem is valid.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.10993

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zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlo simulationself-avoiding walkfinite-size scalingconfined polymerscritical phenomena

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Critical phenomena in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B27) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60) Monte Carlo methods applied to problems in statistical mechanics (82M31)

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