Published January 30, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Phase transitions of a tethered membrane model on a torus with intrinsic curvature

  • 1. Department of Electrical and Electronic System Engineering, Ibaraki College of Technology, Nakane 866, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki 312-8508 (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Mechanical and Systems Engineering, Ibaraki College of Technology, Nakane 866, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki 312-8508 (Japan)

Description

A tethered surface model is investigated by using the canonical Monte Carlo simulation technique on a torus with an intrinsic curvature. We find that the model undergoes a first-order phase transition between the smooth phase and the crumpled one

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physleta.2005.11.001;
arXiv
arXiv:cond-mat/0511007v1;
PII
S0375-9601(05)01694-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. A
Journal Volume
350
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 11-16
ISSN
0375-9601
CODEN
PYLAAG

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37066224
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; SURFACES
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; SIMULATION

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.