Published March 18, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Geometrical properties of two-dimensional interacting self-avoiding walks at the θ-point

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN-Sezione di Milano, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano (Italy)
  • 2. Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, UJF/CNRS-IN2P3/INPG, 53 rue des Martyrs, F-38026 Grenoble (France)
  • 3. Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN-Sezione di Roma I, Universita degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza', P.le A.Moro 2, I-00185 Roma (Italy)

Description

We perform a Monte Carlo simulation of two-dimensional N-step interacting self-avoiding walks at the θ-point, with lengths up to N = 3200. We compute the critical exponents, verifying the Coulomb-gas predictions, the θ-point temperature Tθ = 1.4986(11), and several invariant size ratios. Then, we focus on the geometrical features of the walks, computing the instantaneous shape ratios, the average asphericity, and the end-to-end distribution function. For the latter quantity, we verify in detail the theoretical predictions for its small- and large-distance behaviour.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/44/11/115004

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1751-8113/44/11/115004;
PII
S1751-8113(11)77717-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
Journal Volume
44
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
[17 p.]
ISSN
1751-8121

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43059300
Subject category
S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FORECASTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; FUNCTIONS; SIMULATION