Scaling of the atmosphere of self-avoiding walks

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/41/37/375004zbMATH Open1195.82023arXiv0806.1250OpenAlexW3103077805MaRDI QIDQ3528199FDOQ3528199

Authors: Aleksander L. Owczarek, Thomas Prellberg 

Publication date: 8 October 2008

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The number of free sites next to the end of a self-avoiding walk is known as the atmosphere. The average atmosphere can be related to the number of configurations. Here we study the distribution of atmospheres as a function of length and how the number of walks of fixed atmosphere scale. Certain bounds on these numbers can be proved. We use Monte Carlo estimates to verify our conjectures. Of particular interest are walks that have zero atmosphere, which are known as trapped. We demonstrate that these walks scale in the same way as the full set of self-avoiding walks, barring an overall constant factor.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.1250

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41)

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