Numerical study of the directed polymer in a 1+3 dimensional random medium
| dc.creator | Monthus, Cecile | |
| dc.creator | Garel, Thomas | |
| dc.date | 2006-06-06 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T07:49:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T07:49:28Z | |
| dc.description | The directed polymer in a 1+3 dimensional random medium is known to present a disorder-induced phase transition. For a polymer of length $L$, the high temperature phase is characterized by a diffusive behavior for the end-point displacement $R^2 \sim L$ and by free-energy fluctuations of order $ΔF(L) \sim O(1)$. The low-temperature phase is characterized by an anomalous wandering exponent $R^2/L \sim L^ω$ and by free-energy fluctuations of order $ΔF(L) \sim L^ω$ where $ω\sim 0.18$. In this paper, we first study the scaling behavior of various properties to localize the critical temperature $T_c$. Our results concerning $R^2/L$ and $ΔF(L)$ point towards $0.76 < T_c \leq T_2=0.79$, so our conclusion is that $T_c$ is equal or very close to the upper bound $T_2$ derived by Derrida and coworkers ($T_2$ corresponds to the temperature above which the ratio $\bar{Z_L^2}/(\bar{Z_L})^2$ remains finite as $L \to \infty$). We then present histograms for the free-energy, energy and entropy over disorder samples. For $T \gg T_c$, the free-energy distribution is found to be Gaussian. For $T \ll T_c$, the free-energy distribution coincides with the ground state energy distribution, in agreement with the zero-temperature fixed point picture. Moreover the entropy fluctuations are of order $ΔS \sim L^{1/2}$ and follow a Gaussian distribution, in agreement with the droplet predictions, where the free-energy term $ΔF \sim L^ω$ is a near cancellation of energy and entropy contributions of order $L^{1/2}$. | |
| dc.description | 8 pages, 16 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0606132 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0606132 | |
| dc.identifier | Eur. Phys. J. B 53, 39-45 (2006) | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1140/epjb/e2006-00341-4 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/124859 | |
| dc.subject | Disordered Systems and Neural Networks | |
| dc.subject | Probability | |
| dc.title | Numerical study of the directed polymer in a 1+3 dimensional random medium | |
| dc.type | text |