Exact theory of polymer adsorption in analogy with the Kondo problem

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/27/21/001zbMATH Open0850.82075arXivcond-mat/9403095OpenAlexW2035414548MaRDI QIDQ4874868FDOQ4874868

Paul Fendley, H. Saleur

Publication date: 11 June 1996

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

Abstract: We conjecture the exact scaling theory for the adsorption of two-dimensional polymers by using boundary S matrices. We compute the boundary free energy (the ``g-function), study the flow from adsorbed to desorbed phase, and derive the crossover exponent and all the geometrical exponents at the transition. More generally, we solve the special transition in the O(n) model, the polymer case corresponding to n=0. The n=2 limit appears identical to the ordinary Kondo problem.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9403095

zbMATH Keywords

\(g\)-functionboundary free energycrossover exponenttwo-dimensional polymersboundary \(S\) matricesexact scaling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60)

Cited In (8)

• Conformal boundary conditions in the critical \({\mathcal O}(n)\) model and dilute loop models
• Boundary flows in minimal models
• Statistical mechanics of confined polymer networks
• Conformal field theory applied to loop models
• Differential equations and duality in massless integrable field theories at zero temperature.
• New scaling laws for self-avoiding walks: bridges and worms
• Integrable quantum field theories with OSP\((m/2n)\) symmetries
• \(O(n)\) model on the honeycomb lattice via reflection matrices: Surface critical behaviour

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