A variational formula for the free energy of the partially directed polymer collapse

DOI10.1007/S10955-013-0748-2zbMATH Open1273.82079arXiv1211.0925OpenAlexW3104986302MaRDI QIDQ359570FDOQ359570

Authors: Gia Bao Nguyen, Nicolas Pétrélis 

Publication date: 12 August 2013

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Long linear polymers in dilute solutions are known to undergo a collapse transition from a random coil (expand itself) to a compact ball (fold itself up) when the temperature is lowered, or the solvent quality deteriorates. A natural model for this phenomenon is a 1+1 dimensional self-interacting and partially directed self-avoiding walk. In this paper, we develop a new method to study the partition function of this model, from which we derive a variational formula for the free energy. This variational formula allows us to prove the existence of the collapse transition and to identify the critical temperature in a simple way. We also prove that the order of the collapse transition is 3/2.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.0925

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zbMATH Keywords

phase transitionpolymer collapsevariational formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41) Critical phenomena in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B27) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60)

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